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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 10 May 1893 to 15 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under management management Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most wage-earners would welcome even a servile life-contract of guaranteed employment as a boon Most wage-earners would welcome even aservile life-contract of guaranteedemployment as a boon HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel — tap to centre the map on it Whether a more equal distribution ofwealth is attainable is uncertain;if it is not, Providence is cruel Last stated 133 years ago 10 May 1893 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1893-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Servitude is the law compelling some people to labour for others who are not so compelled — tap to centre the map on it Servitude is the law compelling somepeople to labour for others who arenot so compelled HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world in which all the labour is perfectly obedient fiduciary AI is dangerous, because society depends on subordinates who sometimes refuse. — tap to centre the map on it A world in which all the labour isperfectly obedient fiduciary AI isdangerous, because society dependson subordinates who sometimesrefuse. Last stated 3 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company owes its builders a moral contract: if they take the hill, leadership must work just as hard to unlock the value of what they built. — tap to centre the map on it A company owes its builders a moralcontract: if they take the hill,leadership must work just as hard tounlock the value of what they built. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most so-called free labour contracts today are one-sided, because one party's alternative is starvation — tap to centre the map on it Most so-called free labour contractstoday are one-sided, because oneparty's alternative is starvation HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hard work does not guarantee that it will pay off. — tap to centre the map on it Hard work does not guarantee that itwill pay off. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good the long-runfuture is does not require acceptingconsequentialism or believing thatyou should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Labour should be paid at a fixed rate, with good workers hired and bad ones left unemployed — tap to centre the map on it Labour should be paid at a fixedrate, with good workers hired andbad ones left unemployed JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 5 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething bad. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most wage-earners would welcome even a servile life-contract of guaranteed employment as a boon Last stated c. 1912 Holds Hilaire Belloc Read this korrent →