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← Opening occupations to women would double the minds available to serve humanity
17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 15 Nov 1844 to 21 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Opening occupations to women would double the minds available to serve humanity
Opening occupations to women would double the minds available to serve humanity
JM
John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Men would gain from the equality of the sexes, as an equal is worth more than an inferior — tap to centre the map on it
Men would gain from the equality of the sexes, as an equal is worth more than an inferior
SG
Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Women need, at this time, a much wider range of occupations to rouse their latent powers — tap to centre the map on it
Women need, at this time, a much wider range of occupations to rouse their latent powers
Last stated 182 years ago
15 Nov 1844
MF
Margaret Fuller — holds since 1844-11-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Those who deny women intellectual improvement must either claim women have no souls or let them cultivate their minds — tap to centre the map on it
Those who deny women intellectual improvement must either claim women have no souls or let them cultivate their minds
MA
Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Without mistaken notions of beauty, women could gain enough strength to earn their own living — tap to centre the map on it
Without mistaken notions of beauty, women could gain enough strength to earn their own living
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Rotation in office would bring many advantages if there are enough suitable people to fill the vacancies — tap to centre the map on it
Rotation in office would bring many advantages if there are enough suitable people to fill the vacancies
JA
John Adams — holds since c. 1776 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A likely outcome is that many occupations are eventually mostly replaced by AI while humans still have plenty to do. — tap to centre the map on it
A likely outcome is that many occupations are eventually mostly replaced by AI while humans still have plenty to do.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reason is necessary for a woman to perform any duty properly, and sensibility is not reason — tap to centre the map on it
Reason is necessary for a woman to perform any duty properly, and sensibility is not reason
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — 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 body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it
A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about.
Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
SY
Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. — tap to centre the map on it
A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
JD
Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it
A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover.
Last stated 10 months ago
11 Jan 2026
JP
Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it
A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
LS
L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do.
Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
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