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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 27 Feb 1860 to 23 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Progress should change the world to fit a vision, not keep changing the vision Progress should change the world to fit avision, not keep changing the vision GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer — tap to centre the map on it Progress means getting nearer whereyou want to be, so after a wrongturning going forward brings you nonearer CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not all change is progress, but there is no progress without change — tap to centre the map on it Not all change is progress, butthere is no progress without change JW John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: The pace at which the world changes is increasing. — tap to centre the map on it The pace at which the world changesis increasing. Last stated 8 years ago 28 Oct 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Social progress means checking the cosmic process at every step and replacing it with an ethical one — tap to centre the map on it Social progress means checking thecosmic process at every step andreplacing it with an ethical one TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society changes constantly but never actually improves — tap to centre the map on it Society changes constantly but neveractually improves RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Continuing to learn means that today's views will probably look slightly immature and naive later. — tap to centre the map on it Continuing to learn means thattoday's views will probably lookslightly immature and naive later. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Oct 2020 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2020-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress unguided by humanism is not progress — tap to centre the map on it Progress unguided by humanism is notprogress Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — 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: AI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a tool but an agent, thefirst technology that can makedecisions and invent new ideas byitself Last stated 2 years ago 10 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Art cannot result from external compulsion, because the labour that produces it is voluntary — tap to centre the map on it Art cannot result from externalcompulsion, because the labour thatproduces it is voluntary WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being a designer is amazing, and designers are no longer just designers but builders who can create whatever they envision. — tap to centre the map on it Being a designer is amazing, anddesigners are no longer justdesigners but builders who cancreate whatever they envision. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 ER Evil Rabbit — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Access to AI will become a fundamental driver of the economy, and may eventually be considered a fundamental human right. — tap to centre the map on it Access to AI will become afundamental driver of the economy,and may eventually be considered afundamental human right. Last stated a year ago 23 Sept 2025 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2025-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity. — tap to centre the map on it AI increases productivity byboosting efficiency, and greaterproductivity means greaterprosperity. Last stated a month ago 25 Sept 2026 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decolonization is truly the creation of new men — tap to centre the map on it Decolonization is truly the creationof new men FF Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Progress should change the world to fit a vision, not keep changing the vision Last stated c. 1908 Holds G. K. Chesterton Read this korrent →