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← Property and freedom are inseparable, and economic levelling is not progress

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 25 Sept 2015 to 3 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Property and freedom are inseparable, and economic levelling is not progress Property and freedom are inseparable, andeconomic levelling is not progress RK Russell Kirk — holds since c. 1953 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the value of improvements, not the land itself, is rightly individual property — tap to centre the map on it Only the value of improvements, notthe land itself, is rightlyindividual property TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: Under property, the right to use a thing cannot be separated from the right to abuse it — tap to centre the map on it Under property, the right to use athing cannot be separated from theright to abuse it PP Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: If abolishing slavery and cruel punishment is not progress, nothing is — tap to centre the map on it If abolishing slavery and cruelpunishment is not progress, nothingis Last stated 9 years ago 11 Feb 2018 SP Steven Pinker — holds since 2018-02-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress whose added wealth only builds great fortunes is not real and cannot last — tap to centre the map on it Progress whose added wealth onlybuilds great fortunes is not realand cannot last HG Henry George — holds since c. 1877–1880 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom from constraints is not the same as positive freedom to — tap to centre the map on it Freedom from constraints is not thesame as positive freedom to EF Erich Fromm — holds since c. 1941 — tap for who they are Same subject: Individual appropriation of wealth is neither just nor useful; all belongs to all — tap to centre the map on it Individual appropriation of wealthis neither just nor useful; allbelongs to all PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: The market is not magic; it works where property rights are defined — tap to centre the map on it The market is not magic; it workswhere property rights are defined TS Thomas Sowell — holds since c. 1980 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Calling an intelligent, self-awarebeing legal property does notresolve whether it has an interestin freedom. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jul 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 3 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. — tap to centre the map on it A carmaker's claim to be the safestis mostly an artefact of comparing anew car against a fleet averagetwelve years old. Last stated 3 years ago 19 Dec 2023 PK Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model's capability is now a function of how much money you spend on it, so asking what a model can do means nothing until you name a budget. — tap to centre the map on it A model's capability is now afunction of how much money you spendon it, so asking what a model can domeans nothing until you name abudget. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Property and freedom are inseparable, and economic levelling is not progress Last stated c. 1953 Holds Russell Kirk Read this korrent →