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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 23 Oct 2026.
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gender equality Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: No one should pressure another person about whether to have children, since it is too personal a decision to be anyone else's business. No one should pressure another person about whether to have children, since it is too personal a decision to be anyone else's business. Last stated 3 years ago
23 May 2023
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Tim Urban — holds since 2023-05-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for. — tap to centre the map on it Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for. Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. Last stated 7 months ago
6 Apr 2026
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Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Raising one’s own children is no smaller a career than teaching other people’s — tap to centre the map on it Raising one’s own children is no smaller a career than teaching other people’s
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G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago
15 Feb 2022
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once women control their own fertility they have children only when they expect a reward for it, so the case for parenthood has to compete with everything else on offer. — tap to centre the map on it Once women control their own fertility they have children only when they expect a reward for it, so the case for parenthood has to compete with everything else on offer. Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one is excused for having children if it makes him or others lead a servile and ignoble life — tap to centre the map on it No one is excused for having children if it makes him or others lead a servile and ignoble life
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Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Burning your bridges to force yourself forward is worth what it costs. — tap to centre the map on it Burning your bridges to force yourself forward is worth what it costs. Last stated 4 years ago
20 Apr 2023
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Derek Sivers — no longer holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Infertility traps people in endless uncertainty and a sense of failure over every choice they made. — tap to centre the map on it Infertility traps people in endless uncertainty and a sense of failure over every choice they made. Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Oct 2026
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Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago
25 May 2013
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Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice — tap to centre the map on it A first advantage of sexual equality is having the most universal human relation governed by justice
JM
John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there — tap to centre the map on it A home that holds women at a primitive level holds back those who keep them there
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. Last stated 3 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. Last stated 3 months ago
13 Aug 2026
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Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault. — tap to centre the map on it A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault. Last stated 3 months ago
13 Aug 2026
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Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk. — tap to centre the map on it Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk. Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
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Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are