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← Outrage spreads because it functions as a sermon, subject to the same social dynamics that make sermons contagious.

15 connected korrents · 11 moments from 11 Sept 2017 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Outrage spreads because it functions as a sermon, subject to the same social dynamics that make sermons contagious. Outrage spreads because it functions as asermon, subject to the same socialdynamics that make sermons contagious. Last stated 9 years ago 11 Sept 2017 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2017-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sermon works by cultivating a network effect around a shared value, with the speaker acting as the seed the network crystallizes around. — tap to centre the map on it A sermon works by cultivating anetwork effect around a sharedvalue, with the speaker acting asthe seed the network crystallizesaround. Last stated 9 years ago 11 Sept 2017 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2017-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evangelizing religious movements are shaped by a creative-destruction dynamic that discards congregations that fail to grow. — tap to centre the map on it Evangelizing religious movements areshaped by a creative-destructiondynamic that discards congregationsthat fail to grow. Last stated 7 months ago 15 Apr 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Simple verbal persuasion, exposing people to ideas alone, is too weak to produce the effects that sermons achieve. — tap to centre the map on it Simple verbal persuasion, exposingpeople to ideas alone, is too weakto produce the effects that sermonsachieve. Last stated 9 years ago 11 Sept 2017 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2017-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: When someone gets the same negative reaction from many different people, the more likely explanation is their own behavior, not everyone else's. — tap to centre the map on it When someone gets the same negativereaction from many different people,the more likely explanation is theirown behavior, not everyone else's. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities — tap to centre the map on it People with friends of other racesshould show up when injustice hitsthose friends’ communities Last stated 7 years ago 22 Feb 2020 RI Rihanna — holds since 2020-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot manufacture virality, but you can find the moments users already screenshot and make those moments far better. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot manufacture virality, butyou can find the moments usersalready screenshot and make thosemoments far better. Last stated a year ago 5 Oct 2025 AC Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A false man could no more found a religion than build a sound brick house — tap to centre the map on it A false man could no more found areligion than build a sound brickhouse TC Thomas Carlyle — holds since c. 1840–1841 — 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: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — 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 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Outrage spreads because it functions as a sermon, subject to the same social dynamics that make sermons contagious. Last stated 11 Sept 2017 · 9 years ago Holds Kevin Simler Read this korrent →