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← One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 13 May 2007 to 12 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under open source open source Everything filed under creativity creativity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish One has to allow for the self-serving biasof everybody else, and failing to do so isfoolish Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: People only truly grasp the harm of a gatekeeping rule once that same rule is turned against their own work. — tap to centre the map on it People only truly grasp the harm ofa gatekeeping rule once that samerule is turned against their ownwork. Last stated 5 months ago 15 May 2026 YX Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being genuinely useful requires a willingness to risk offending people. — tap to centre the map on it Being genuinely useful requires awillingness to risk offendingpeople. Last stated 12 months ago 22 Oct 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Debiasing has largely failed, and that is fine, because the biases identified are experience-built heuristics that only look like biases in hindsight. — tap to centre the map on it Debiasing has largely failed, andthat is fine, because the biasesidentified are experience-builtheuristics that only look likebiases in hindsight. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is one thing to accept a poor work-life balance for yourself, and a different thing entirely to demand it of the people you manage. — tap to centre the map on it It is one thing to accept a poorwork-life balance for yourself, anda different thing entirely to demandit of the people you manage. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AK Andrew Kelley — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Even when advice is understood andbelieved, people discount it byassuming their own case is theexception. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Mar 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everyone in a creative session seems to need to be willing to sound foolish and to hear others sound foolish — tap to centre the map on it Everyone in a creative session seemsto need to be willing to soundfoolish and to hear others soundfoolish IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — 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: Performing at the Super Bowl halftime show would have been selling out, enabling an organization whose conduct is objectionable — tap to centre the map on it Performing at the Super Bowlhalftime show would have beenselling out, enabling anorganization whose conduct isobjectionable Last stated 7 years ago 9 Oct 2019 RI Rihanna — holds since 2019-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 4 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — 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 Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — 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 a month 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
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