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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 24 May 1689 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under censorship censorship Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Principles of truth are innate Principles of truth are innate MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: On pragmatist principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily, it is true — tap to centre the map on it On pragmatist principles, if thehypothesis of God workssatisfactorily, it is true WJ William James — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Principles are fundamental truths that ground behavior that gets you what you want — tap to centre the map on it Principles are fundamental truthsthat ground behavior that gets youwhat you want RD Ray Dalio — holds since c. 2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: The core principles of growth are not complicated, but doing them well is rare. — tap to centre the map on it The core principles of growth arenot complicated, but doing them wellis rare. Last stated a year ago 25 Jul 2025 SE Sean Ellis — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The moral truth that slavery is wrong was accessible in principle at all times. — tap to centre the map on it The moral truth that slavery iswrong was accessible in principle atall times. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MP Massimo Pigliucci — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The argument from universal consent seems rather to show there are no innate principles, since none has universal assent — tap to centre the map on it The argument from universal consentseems rather to show there are noinnate principles, since none hasuniversal assent Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The truth of the thoughts in this book seems unassailable and definitive, so its problems have in essentials been finally solved — tap to centre the map on it The truth of the thoughts in thisbook seems unassailable anddefinitive, so its problems have inessentials been finally solved LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: The principles of free speech remain an indispensable basis for any free society. — tap to centre the map on it The principles of free speech remainan indispensable basis for any freesociety. Last stated a year ago 8 Oct 2025 YM Yascha Mounk — holds since 2025-10-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — 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
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At the centre Principles of truth are innate Last stated c. 1787 Holds Mary Wollstonecraft Read this korrent →