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Read this korrent: People who want to appear moral are attracted to the left, while people who want to appear rational are attracted to the right.
People who want to appear moral are attracted to the left, while people who want to appear rational are attracted to the right.
Last stated today
18 Sept 2026
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People almost always align their beliefs with their interests. — tap to centre the map on it
People almost always align their beliefs with their interests.
Last stated 4 days ago
14 Sept 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Apr 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is transforming U.S. politics and has inspired more hate across a wider political spectrum than any other technology — tap to centre the map on it
AI is transforming U.S. politics and has inspired more hate across a wider political spectrum than any other technology
Last stated 3 days ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it. — tap to centre the map on it
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
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Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. — tap to centre the map on it
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
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Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics. — tap to centre the map on it
Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Dec 2024
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Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Around the time liberalism gave way to progressivism, people on the left started being wrong about a ton of stuff, with Democrats falling from being right about roughly 85% of things in 2010 to about 30% and Republicans at about 15%. — tap to centre the map on it
Around the time liberalism gave way to progressivism, people on the left started being wrong about a ton of stuff, with Democrats falling from being right about roughly 85% of things in 2010 to about 30% and Republicans at about 15%.
Last stated 2 days ago
16 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice. — tap to centre the map on it
As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
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People who want to appear moral are attracted to the left, while people who want to appear rational are attracted to the right.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · today
Holds Naval Ravikant
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People almost always align their beliefs with their interests.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: politics
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 9 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: politics
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Same subject: politics
AI is transforming U.S. politics and has inspired more hate across a wider political spectrum than any other technology
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 3 days ago
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: libertarianism
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel
Same subject: libertarianism
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel
Same subject: America
Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Last stated 9 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds PM Patrick McKenzie
Same subject: America
Around the time liberalism gave way to progressivism, people on the left started being wrong about a ton of stuff, with Democrats falling from being right about roughly 85% of things in 2010 to about 30% and Republicans at about 15%.
Last stated 16 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: America
As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice.
Last stated 22 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen