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Read this korrent: Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for.
Parents have an obligation to talk up having children, because the case against is made a thousand times louder than the case for.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. — tap to centre the map on it
Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children brings a deep, profound meaning to life — tap to centre the map on it
Having children brings a deep, profound meaning to life
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Aug 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children does not make people better: parental love concentrates concern on a few and leaves less of it for everyone else. — tap to centre the map on it
Having children does not make people better: parental love concentrates concern on a few and leaves less of it for everyone else.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children is contagious: people are more likely to become parents when the people around them already are. — tap to centre the map on it
Having children is contagious: people are more likely to become parents when the people around them already are.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone.
Last stated 6 months ago
6 Apr 2026
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Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having children makes them the most interesting people to their parents — tap to centre the map on it
Having children makes them the most interesting people to their parents
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Mar 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Modern parenting in America is failing kids — tap to centre the map on it
Modern parenting in America is failing kids
Last stated 3 years ago
31 Mar 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Parenting has less influence on how children turn out than most parents assume. — tap to centre the map on it
Parenting has less influence on how children turn out than most parents assume.
Last stated 12 months ago
24 Oct 2025
TU
Tim Urban — holds since 2025-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it
A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero
Last stated 58 years ago
13 Dec 1968
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Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. — tap to centre the map on it
A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
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Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault. — tap to centre the map on it
A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
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Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk. — tap to centre the map on it
Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk.
Last stated 4 months ago
11 Jun 2026
JM
Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it
A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death
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Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it
A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together.
Last stated 4 years ago
13 Jan 2023
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Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it
A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 May 2024
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
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