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← No one is better born than another except by a nobler disposition

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 27 Feb 1860 to 28 Jul 2026.

Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No one is better born than another except by a nobler disposition No one is better born than another exceptby a nobler disposition SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A bad man cannot injure a man better than himself — tap to centre the map on it A bad man cannot injure a man betterthan himself SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: No one deserves their natural abilities or their starting place in society — tap to centre the map on it No one deserves their naturalabilities or their starting place insociety JR John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim — tap to centre the map on it Nature made people so equal in bodyand mind that no one can claim abenefit another cannot also claim TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one born into civilization should be worse off than if born before it began — tap to centre the map on it No one born into civilization shouldbe worse off than if born before itbegan TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: If forced to choose, the tyranny of one man is less hateful than the tyranny of many — tap to centre the map on it If forced to choose, the tyranny ofone man is less hateful than thetyranny of many VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The natural distribution of talents and birth is neither just nor unjust — tap to centre the map on it The natural distribution of talentsand birth is neither just nor unjust JR John Rawls — holds since c. 1971 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some people are permanently superior and should guide, and at times compel, their inferiors — tap to centre the map on it Some people are permanently superiorand should guide, and at timescompel, their inferiors JR John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A venture capital "regatta", where most of the race happens before the Series A, is replacing the VC factory model. — tap to centre the map on it A venture capital "regatta", wheremost of the race happens before theSeries A, is replacing the VCfactory model. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Dec 2024 SL Sam Lessin — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now. — tap to centre the map on it A bubble can only be identified inretrospect, so arguing about whetherone is happening now cannot besettled now. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HM Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who does not know theirown goal dies by a thousandcompromises and ends up running acompany they do not want to work at. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No one is better born than another except by a nobler disposition Last stated c. 56–62 CE Holds Seneca Read this korrent →