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← Prohibition, being abnormal in spirit, only produces an abnormal life

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 13 May 2007 to 13 Jul 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under Addiction Addiction Everything filed under government government 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: Prohibition, being abnormal in spirit, only produces an abnormal life Prohibition, being abnormal in spirit,only produces an abnormal life EG Emma Goldman — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Prohibition reduces how much of a product is consumed rather than merely moving the same consumption underground. — tap to centre the map on it Prohibition reduces how much of aproduct is consumed rather thanmerely moving the same consumptionunderground. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 CL Charles Fain Lehman — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alcohol's hold on humanity comes from its power to stimulate the mystical faculties that sobriety suppresses — tap to centre the map on it Alcohol's hold on humanity comesfrom its power to stimulate themystical faculties that sobrietysuppresses WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Preaching temperance to the poor is useless, as their drinking is itself an effect of prior miseries — tap to centre the map on it Preaching temperance to the poor isuseless, as their drinking is itselfan effect of prior miseries JL Jack London — holds since c. 1902–1903 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a ban creates a black market is not by itself an argument against the ban. — tap to centre the map on it That a ban creates a black market isnot by itself an argument againstthe ban. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 CL Charles Fain Lehman — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the harm caused by habitual illegal drug use comes from its prohibition rather than the drugs themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the harm caused by habitualillegal drug use comes from itsprohibition rather than the drugsthemselves. Last stated 5 years ago 9 Jul 2021 MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2021-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: He does not drink, because alcohol damages the one tool you most need for success and happiness, and trading that for short-term pleasure is ridiculous. — tap to centre the map on it He does not drink, because alcoholdamages the one tool you most needfor success and happiness, andtrading that for short-term pleasureis ridiculous. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Temperance is the will-power to resist good fortune that offers too much of a good thing — tap to centre the map on it Temperance is the will-power toresist good fortune that offers toomuch of a good thing MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Happiness that needs intoxication of any kind is spurious; satisfying happiness comes with the fullest use of one's faculties — tap to centre the map on it Happiness that needs intoxication ofany kind is spurious; satisfyinghappiness comes with the fullest useof one's faculties BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — 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 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: 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
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At the centre Prohibition, being abnormal in spirit, only produces an abnormal life Last stated c. 1910 Holds Emma Goldman Read this korrent →