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← Our besetting danger is faith in machinery, treating means as if they had value in themselves

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 10 May 1893 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Our besetting danger is faith in machinery, treating means as if they had value in themselves Our besetting danger is faith inmachinery, treating means as if they hadvalue in themselves MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only striving toward total perfection is sacred; institutions are machinery valued by how they help it — tap to centre the map on it Only striving toward totalperfection is sacred; institutionsare machinery valued by how theyhelp it MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mere freedom to do as one likes is worship of machinery; the blessed thing is to like what right reason ordains — tap to centre the map on it Mere freedom to do as one likes isworship of machinery; the blessedthing is to like what right reasonordains MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more things are handed to people, the more value will lie in the ability to do difficult things. — tap to centre the map on it The more things are handed topeople, the more value will lie inthe ability to do difficult things. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 KA Kris Abdelmessih — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting machines be our masters rather than our servants is what injures the beauty of life today — tap to centre the map on it Letting machines be our mastersrather than our servants is whatinjures the beauty of life today WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared — tap to centre the map on it A ruler should wish to be both lovedand feared, but if one must be givenup it is much safer to be feared NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charity attends to what a man ought to be rather than what he is or may become — tap to centre the map on it Charity attends to what a man oughtto be rather than what he is or maybecome JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a more equal distribution of wealth is attainable is uncertain; if it is not, Providence is cruel — tap to centre the map on it Whether a more equal distribution ofwealth is attainable is uncertain;if it is not, Providence is cruel Last stated 133 years ago 10 May 1893 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1893-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being wrong is a treat, because it adds a pinch of humility to every judgement that follows. — tap to centre the map on it Being wrong is a treat, because itadds a pinch of humility to everyjudgement that follows. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — 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 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Our besetting danger is faith in machinery, treating means as if they had value in themselves Last stated c. 1867–1869 Holds Matthew Arnold Read this korrent →