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Read this korrent: People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do.
People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do.
Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Faced with someone's raw suffering, compassion from a step away seems to work better than empathy, which can leave you disabled by their despair. — tap to centre the map on it
Faced with someone's raw suffering, compassion from a step away seems to work better than empathy, which can leave you disabled by their despair.
Last stated 3 years ago
1 Feb 2024
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Nick Cave — holds since 2024-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome. — tap to centre the map on it
People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome.
Last stated 6 years ago
9 Sept 2020
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Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. — tap to centre the map on it
Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about.
Last stated 5 years ago
by 18 Aug 2021
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Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating an addiction without treating the pain underneath it is treating an effect rather than a cause. — tap to centre the map on it
Treating an addiction without treating the pain underneath it is treating an effect rather than a cause.
Last stated 10 years ago
5 Apr 2017
GM
Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill goes to waste only when insecurity or outside pressure stops someone from pursuing it, not merely by going unused. — tap to centre the map on it
A skill goes to waste only when insecurity or outside pressure stops someone from pursuing it, not merely by going unused.
Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person's main concern is to see a meaning in life, not to gain pleasure or avoid pain — tap to centre the map on it
A person's main concern is to see a meaning in life, not to gain pleasure or avoid pain
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change. — tap to centre the map on it
Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Apr 2023
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning — tap to centre the map on it
Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — 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: "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're dying" is truer of the person than of 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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
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 pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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People who turn to methods and techniques to stop suffering only add more things to do.
Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds Kapil Gupta
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Faced with someone's raw suffering, compassion from a step away seems to work better than empathy, which can leave you disabled by their despair.
Last stated 1 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Nick Cave
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People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome.
Last stated 9 Sept 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Luca Lampariello
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Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about.
Last stated by 18 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Oliver Burkeman
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Treating an addiction without treating the pain underneath it is treating an effect rather than a cause.
Last stated 5 Apr 2017 · 10 years ago
Holds Gabor Mate
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A skill goes to waste only when insecurity or outside pressure stops someone from pursuing it, not merely by going unused.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Mari Andrew
Similar wording
A person's main concern is to see a meaning in life, not to gain pleasure or avoid pain
Last stated c. 1962–1992
Holds Viktor Frankl
Similar wording
Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change.
Last stated 20 Apr 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Similar wording
Suffering in some way ceases to be suffering once it finds a meaning
Last stated c. 1962–1992
Holds Viktor Frankl
Same subject: empathy
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
Last stated c. 1898
Holds Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Same subject: empathy
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 16 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
Same subject: empathy
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Lex Fridman
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: ambition
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 25 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Jason Cohen
Same subject: ambition
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds William MacAskill
Same subject: ambition
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 Nov 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson