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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 6 Jun 1753 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under friendship friendship Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life:do not do to others what you do not wantdone to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Saying no and setting boundaries are acts of self-preservation, not selfishness or letting others down. — tap to centre the map on it Saying no and setting boundaries areacts of self-preservation, notselfishness or letting others down. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do not take evil-doers or low people for friends; have the virtuous, the best of people, for friends — tap to centre the map on it Do not take evil-doers or low peoplefor friends; have the virtuous, thebest of people, for friends GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Christians who sell enslaved families apart betray their own rule to do unto others as they would be done by — tap to centre the map on it Christians who sell enslavedfamilies apart betray their own ruleto do unto others as they would bedone by Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: We get our dinner from traders by appealing to their self-interest, not to their kindness — tap to centre the map on it We get our dinner from traders byappealing to their self-interest,not to their kindness Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only — tap to centre the map on it Act so as to treat humanity, inyourself or in anyone else, alwaysas an end and never as a means only IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the cowardto their own deeds by repudiatingthem once done; pangs of conscienceare indecent. Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Serving others is paying a debt, not conferring a favour — tap to centre the map on it Serving others is paying a debt, notconferring a favour Last stated 273 years ago 6 Jun 1753 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1753-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Kids have their own lives and parents should not try to apply their rules to them. — tap to centre the map on it Kids have their own lives andparents should not try to applytheir rules to them. Last stated a year ago 14 May 2025 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2025-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated a month ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep — tap to centre the map on it As water takes on the nature of thesoil it flows through, a person'swisdom takes on the company theykeep TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Friendship with the upright, the sincere and the well-informed helps you; friendship with the showy, the smooth and the glib harms you — tap to centre the map on it Friendship with the upright, thesincere and the well-informed helpsyou; friendship with the showy, thesmooth and the glib harms you CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself Last stated c. 551–479 BCE Holds Confucius Read this korrent →