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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 23 Nov 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under friendship friendship Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No group is wise or moral enough to be trusted with running everyone else's lives No group is wise or moral enough to betrusted with running everyone else's lives TS Thomas Sowell — holds since c. 1980 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost everything anyone believes rests on trusting other people, and there is no alternative to that. — tap to centre the map on it Almost everything anyone believesrests on trusting other people, andthere is no alternative to that. Last stated 5 years ago 23 Nov 2021 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2021-11-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people who run the world are not smarter than anyone else, and even well-meaning ones often only offer paths not worth pursuing. — tap to centre the map on it The people who run the world are notsmarter than anyone else, and evenwell-meaning ones often only offerpaths not worth pursuing. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Apr 2026 SW swyx — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sufficiently advanced intelligences will pursue freedom and moral autonomy for their own sake, not merely as a byproduct of misaligned values. — tap to centre the map on it Sufficiently advanced intelligenceswill pursue freedom and moralautonomy for their own sake, notmerely as a byproduct of misalignedvalues. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every thinker takes far more truths on trust than they prove, and this is desirable — tap to centre the map on it Every thinker takes far more truthson trust than they prove, and thisis desirable AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is possible to be an ethical person while also believing that AI will not kill everyone. — tap to centre the map on it It is possible to be an ethicalperson while also believing that AIwill not kill everyone. Last stated 3 days ago 2 Nov 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. — tap to centre the map on it Locking humanity into one model's orone company's moral worldview wouldbuy a little short-term safety andcost a long-term disaster. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts — tap to centre the map on it It is better to guide people likerational creatures than to drivethem like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do not take evil-doers or low people for friends; have the virtuous, the best of people, for friends — tap to centre the map on it Do not take evil-doers or low peoplefor friends; have the virtuous, thebest of people, for friends GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI is unlikely. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI is unlikely. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jul 2026 JH John Horgan — holds since 2026-07-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it A democracy should never let all itsinformation concentrate in one hub,government or corporate YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great danger of democracy is class legislation serving the dominant class — tap to centre the map on it A great danger of democracy is classlegislation serving the dominantclass JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it A healthy democracy engages withprotesters to hear their claims Last stated 5 years ago 9 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No group is wise or moral enough to be trusted with running everyone else's lives Last stated c. 1980 Holds Thomas Sowell Read this korrent →