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← Purpose is not an achievement or end goal but what a person brings to whatever they do.
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 16 Jan 2015 to 16 Oct 2026.
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design Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Purpose is not an achievement or end goal but what a person brings to whatever they do. Purpose is not an achievement or end goal but what a person brings to whatever they do. Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Oct 2026
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Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Finding one’s purpose is less a discovery of something new than an uncovering of something already there. — tap to centre the map on it Finding one’s purpose is less a discovery of something new than an uncovering of something already there. Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Oct 2026
ED
Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every person has a purpose in life, and each person gets to define what that purpose is. — tap to centre the map on it Every person has a purpose in life, and each person gets to define what that purpose is. Last stated 10 months ago
26 Dec 2025
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Mark Manson — holds since 2025-12-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. — tap to centre the map on it A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having a goal is the essence of intelligence; a system that only predicts is a behaving system, not an intelligent one. — tap to centre the map on it Having a goal is the essence of intelligence; a system that only predicts is a behaving system, not an intelligent one. Last stated a year ago
26 Sept 2025
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Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
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Patti Smith — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The goal is not a good death but a good life to the very end — tap to centre the map on it The goal is not a good death but a good life to the very end
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Atul Gawande — holds since c. 2014 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People find more happiness and purpose when they see their lives as one meaningful journey rather than a string of fleeting moments. — tap to centre the map on it People find more happiness and purpose when they see their lives as one meaningful journey rather than a string of fleeting moments. Last stated 12 years ago
1 May 2015
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Sonja Lyubomirsky — holds since 2015-05-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. — tap to centre the map on it Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence. Last stated 12 years ago
16 Jan 2015
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Sam Harris — holds since 2015-01-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago
10 Jun 2025
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Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — 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 earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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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 because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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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 all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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Purpose is not an achievement or end goal but what a person brings to whatever they do.
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Finding one’s purpose is less a discovery of something new than an uncovering of something already there.
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Every person has a purpose in life, and each person gets to define what that purpose is.
Holds
A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place.
Holds
Having a goal is the essence of intelligence; a system that only predicts is a behaving system, not an intelligent one.
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There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful.
Holds
The goal is not a good death but a good life to the very end
Last stated c. 2014
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People find more happiness and purpose when they see their lives as one meaningful journey rather than a string of fleeting moments.
Holds
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Holds
A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence.
Holds
A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
Holds
A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve.
Holds
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Holds
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.
Holds
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
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