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← Reflection may be a state against nature, and the thinking human a depraved animal

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology 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: Reflection may be a state against nature, and the thinking human a depraved animal Reflection may be a state against nature,and the thinking human a depraved animal JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: Healthy-minded optimism is inadequate as a philosophy, because the evil it ignores is part of reality and may be the key to life's meaning — tap to centre the map on it Healthy-minded optimism isinadequate as a philosophy, becausethe evil it ignores is part ofreality and may be the key to life'smeaning WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: The state of nature has a law of reason that forbids harming another's life, health, liberty or possessions — tap to centre the map on it The state of nature has a law ofreason that forbids harminganother's life, health, liberty orpossessions JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good — tap to centre the map on it Since the soul was made tocontemplate truth, keeping womenfrom knowledge is as cruel andunjust as keeping them from good MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society that lets its government dictate what experiences a person may have inside their own consciousness cannot call itself free. — tap to centre the map on it A society that lets its governmentdictate what experiences a personmay have inside their ownconsciousness cannot call itselffree. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Oct 2024 GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way of getting in touch with it — tap to centre the map on it Meditation is not an escape fromreality but a way of getting intouch with it YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 11 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — 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 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: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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