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Read this korrent: People get depressed when they face their vulnerability alone.
People get depressed when they face their vulnerability alone.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Apr 2024
SJ
Sue Johnson — holds since 2024-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People seek solitude to lift their mood, but connecting with a friend would make them happier. — tap to centre the map on it
People seek solitude to lift their mood, but connecting with a friend would make them happier.
Last stated 6 years ago
8 Jan 2021
LS
Laurie Santos — holds since 2021-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When we feel inadequate or make a mistake we go into threat defence, which blocks the care response we give others. — tap to centre the map on it
When we feel inadequate or make a mistake we go into threat defence, which blocks the care response we give others.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
KN
Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient. — tap to centre the map on it
Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MP
Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others — tap to centre the map on it
People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others
OK
Okakura Kakuzō — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer who gains public stature by shedding loneliness often produces worse work, because the work is done alone — tap to centre the map on it
A writer who gains public stature by shedding loneliness often produces worse work, because the work is done alone
Last stated 72 years ago
10 Dec 1954
EH
Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down. — tap to centre the map on it
If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down.
Last stated 6 years ago
21 Apr 2020
EP
Esther Perel — holds since 2020-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Our minds have poor intuitions about what will improve our mood. — tap to centre the map on it
Our minds have poor intuitions about what will improve our mood.
Last stated 6 years ago
8 Jan 2021
LS
Laurie Santos — holds since 2021-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When people care about something but feel powerless to change it, their only resort is to lash out. — tap to centre the map on it
When people care about something but feel powerless to change it, their only resort is to lash out.
Last stated a year ago
29 Aug 2025
AK
Andrew Kelley — holds since 2025-08-29 — 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
BS
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
RW
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
LS
L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — 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 earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
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 because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to 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 all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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 by every little thing is no longer a dominant 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 AI apocalypse do not justify much concern 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 is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike.
Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
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People get depressed when they face their vulnerability alone.
Last stated 30 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sue Johnson
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People seek solitude to lift their mood, but connecting with a friend would make them happier.
Last stated 8 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Laurie Santos
Similar wording
When we feel inadequate or make a mistake we go into threat defence, which blocks the care response we give others.
Last stated 10 May 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Maria Popova
Similar wording
People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others
Last stated c. 1906
Holds Okakura Kakuzō
Similar wording
A writer who gains public stature by shedding loneliness often produces worse work, because the work is done alone
Last stated 10 Dec 1954 · 72 years ago
Holds Ernest Hemingway
Similar wording
If you do not accept your own feelings you cannot connect with other people's, and may shut them down.
Last stated 21 Apr 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Esther Perel
Similar wording
Our minds have poor intuitions about what will improve our mood.
Last stated 8 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Laurie Santos
Similar wording
When people care about something but feel powerless to change it, their only resort is to lash out.
Last stated 29 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Andrew Kelley
Same subject: happiness
A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death
Last stated c. 1661–1675
Holds Baruch Spinoza
Same subject: happiness
A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together.
Last stated 13 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Robert Waldinger
Same subject: happiness
A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none.
Last stated 16 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds L. M. Sacasas
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
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.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes
Same subject: attitude change
Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition
Last stated 6 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: attitude change
Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today.
Last stated 12 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Paul Ford
Same subject: attitude change
Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike.
Last stated 1 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Alice Evans