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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 13 Feb 1788 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nothing has ever been as perilous or as exciting as orthodoxy Nothing has ever been as perilous or asexciting as orthodoxy GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being logical is easy; being logical all the way to the bitter end is almost impossible — tap to centre the map on it Being logical is easy; being logicalall the way to the bitter end isalmost impossible AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are amazing in part because their minds are such a complicated mess. — tap to centre the map on it Humans are amazing in part becausetheir minds are such a complicatedmess. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: In very large assemblies passion always overpowers reason — tap to centre the map on it In very large assemblies passionalways overpowers reason Last stated 239 years ago 13 Feb 1788 JM James Madison — holds since 1788-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be in the room when things happen than to pontificate from outside, even if you later have to leave and sound the alarm. — tap to centre the map on it It is better to be in the room whenthings happen than to pontificatefrom outside, even if you later haveto leave and sound the alarm. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Oct 2024 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person can be happy despite a misfortune by staying free from pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearing the future — tap to centre the map on it A person can be happy despite amisfortune by staying free frompain, neither crushed by the presentnor fearing the future MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything is harder than it seems, because there are always hidden details. — tap to centre the map on it Everything is harder than it seems,because there are always hiddendetails. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 RS Ryan Singer — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot keep making things better by adding to them; you must prune. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot keep making things betterby adding to them; you must prune. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best — tap to centre the map on it If life is only absurd and freedombounded by limited fate, what countsis the most living, not the best AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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