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← Much of the world's hardness comes from failing to imagine other people's experiences

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 May 2007 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under courage courage Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Much of the world's hardness comes from failing to imagine other people's experiences Much of the world's hardness comes fromfailing to imagine other people'sexperiences JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more we learn about the world, the clearer our knowledge of our own ignorance becomes — tap to centre the map on it The more we learn about the world,the clearer our knowledge of our ownignorance becomes KP Karl Popper — holds since c. 1963–1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everyone has the capacity to imagine, but not everyone develops it — tap to centre the map on it Everyone has the capacity toimagine, but not everyone developsit Last stated 12 years ago 31 Oct 2014 SK Stephen King — holds since 2014-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking harder about a decision hasdiminishing returns because realityis inherently unknowable. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people do not know themselves very well — tap to centre the map on it Most people do not know themselvesvery well YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: We suffer more often in imagination than in reality — tap to centre the map on it We suffer more often in imaginationthan in reality SE Seneca — holds since c. 62–65 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing to believe reality because it doesn't fit your mental model is an intellectual failure state — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to believe reality becauseit doesn't fit your mental model isan intellectual failure state Last stated 3 years ago 13 Oct 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Constant exposure to information can hinder original thought — tap to centre the map on it Constant exposure to information canhinder original thought Last stated 3 years ago 19 Jun 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Strong intuitions that seem clearlack a way of calibrating, whichmakes people wildly overconfidentabout what they know and reluctantto accept they may be wrong. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Much of the world's hardness comes from failing to imagine other people's experiences Last stated c. 1902 Holds Jane Addams Read this korrent →