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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 2 Oct 2013 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under CBT CBT Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No one should be expected to distort the main lines of their life for the sake of another person No one should be expected to distort themain lines of their life for the sake ofanother person BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: People cannot expect others to care as deeply about the things they care about. — tap to centre the map on it People cannot expect others to careas deeply about the things they careabout. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Jul 2026 DM Dan Meyer — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — 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: Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them — tap to centre the map on it Every part of life, public orprivate, carries moral duties, andwhat is right or wrong depends onthem CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Taking on total responsibility for another capable adult's life is wrong; each person is responsible for their own psyche and life. — tap to centre the map on it Taking on total responsibility foranother capable adult's life iswrong; each person is responsiblefor their own psyche and life. Last stated 4 weeks ago 8 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one loses any life but the one they are living now, however long they live — tap to centre the map on it No one loses any life but the onethey are living now, however longthey live MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 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: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that emphasizesself-esteem over self-knowledgeleaves people less equipped toresist doing monstrous things. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that only trusts what can be put into words will treat unnamed inner experiences as unreal or as a disorder. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that only trusts what canbe put into words will treat unnamedinner experiences as unreal or as adisorder. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dreading a future experience causes much of human suffering by making that imagined suffering happen now. — tap to centre the map on it Dreading a future experience causesmuch of human suffering by makingthat imagined suffering happen now. Last stated 3 months ago 23 Jun 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No one should be expected to distort the main lines of their life for the sake of another person Last stated c. 1930 Holds Bertrand Russell Read this korrent →