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← People of the past should be judged by what a reasonable person in their context could be expected to see.

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 24 May 1689 to 23 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under happiness happiness 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 of the past should be judged by what a reasonable person in their context could be expected to see. People of the past should be judged bywhat a reasonable person in their contextcould be expected to see. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should act on the assumption that we have almost no idea what the best futures would look like, so committing today to any particular vision would be a great mistake. — tap to centre the map on it We should act on the assumption thatwe have almost no idea what the bestfutures would look like, socommitting today to any particularvision would be a great mistake. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Condemning people of the past by modern moral standards gets in the way of understanding them. — tap to centre the map on it Condemning people of the past bymodern moral standards gets in theway of understanding them. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting a reasonable baseline from people is fair — tap to centre the map on it Expecting a reasonable baseline frompeople is fair Last stated 3 years ago 12 Mar 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is proper to criticize public people for their tech choices, but remember your own imperfect ones first. — tap to centre the map on it It is proper to criticize publicpeople for their tech choices, butremember your own imperfect onesfirst. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 BS Brent Simmons — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Judging one people by another misses the truth; judging a nation by the essentials of human happiness sees it as it is — tap to centre the map on it Judging one people by another missesthe truth; judging a nation by theessentials of human happiness seesit as it is HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people should judge whether a ruler has acted contrary to their trust — tap to centre the map on it The people should judge whether aruler has acted contrary to theirtrust JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Experts should be listened to freely but never allowed to impose their authority — tap to centre the map on it Experts should be listened to freelybut never allowed to impose theirauthority MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — 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 9 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 Same subject: "AI" systems are being used to distance the responsible humans from the impacts of their decisions. — tap to centre the map on it "AI" systems are being used todistance the responsible humans fromthe impacts of their decisions. Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Oct 2026 AT Adrian Tchaikovsky — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People of the past should be judged by what a reasonable person in their context could be expected to see. Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago Holds Massimo Pigliucci Read this korrent →