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← People living far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles cannot fathom.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 8 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under housing housing Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People living far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles cannot fathom. People living far below their means enjoya freedom that people busy upgrading theirlifestyles cannot fathom. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every person is rich or poor according to how far they can afford the necessities, conveniences and pleasures of life — tap to centre the map on it Every person is rich or pooraccording to how far they can affordthe necessities, conveniences andpleasures of life Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ruling class does not want ordinary people to have access to affordable housing. — tap to centre the map on it The ruling class does not wantordinary people to have access toaffordable housing. Last stated a year ago 16 Jun 2025 KW Kate Wagner — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being content with little is a great good, and those who least need luxury enjoy it most — tap to centre the map on it Being content with little is a greatgood, and those who least needluxury enjoy it most EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Going slowly is a luxury: the busier you are, the more of your own life you have to pay somebody else to live for you. — tap to centre the map on it Going slowly is a luxury: the busieryou are, the more of your own lifeyou have to pay somebody else tolive for you. Last stated 4 months ago 3 Jun 2026 KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: When fortunate people find too little enjoyment in life, the cause is generally that they care for nobody but themselves — tap to centre the map on it When fortunate people find toolittle enjoyment in life, the causeis generally that they care fornobody but themselves JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society as wealthy as ours has no reason not to guarantee basic security to all without endangering freedom — tap to centre the map on it A society as wealthy as ours has noreason not to guarantee basicsecurity to all without endangeringfreedom FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Money someone will never spend is not really their own. — tap to centre the map on it Money someone will never spend isnot really their own. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 NM Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do. — tap to centre the map on it Total freedom does not make youhappy; constraints do. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-08 — tap for who they are PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by trades thatbarely coordinate with each other,which is what makes housing cheap todesign and almost impossible toredesign. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Apr 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A neighbourhood redevelops itself when rising land values meet permission to build more intensely, and it stagnates when either half is missing. — tap to centre the map on it A neighbourhood redevelops itselfwhen rising land values meetpermission to build more intensely,and it stagnates when either half ismissing. Last stated 9 years ago 12 Jun 2017 CM Charles Marohn — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A style like the McMansion never disappears, it only changes shape over time. — tap to centre the map on it A style like the McMansion neverdisappears, it only changes shapeover time. Last stated 4 months ago 28 May 2026 KW Kate Wagner — holds since 2026-05-28 — 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 earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. 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 becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto 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 allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People living far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles cannot fathom. Last stated 28 Dec 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →