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← Saving time and labour has become an unexamined imperative rather than a judgement made case by case.

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under family family Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under interest rates interest rates Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Saving time and labour has become an unexamined imperative rather than a judgement made case by case. Saving time and labour has become anunexamined imperative rather than ajudgement made case by case. Last stated 3 years ago 12 May 2023 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2023-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: People do not really want to be more productive; more of them probably want to spend time than save it. — tap to centre the map on it People do not really want to be moreproductive; more of them probablywant to spend time than save it. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Culture can be changed, so falling birth rates are a fixable problem rather than a one-way ratchet of modernity. — tap to centre the map on it Culture can be changed, so fallingbirth rates are a fixable problemrather than a one-way ratchet ofmodernity. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Labour-saving innovation in rich countries is aimed at the only asset most of the world’s poor have to sell. — tap to centre the map on it Labour-saving innovation in richcountries is aimed at the only assetmost of the world’s poor have tosell. Last stated 4 years ago 2 Mar 2023 LP Lant Pritchett — holds since 2023-03-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human progress is not inevitable; it comes through tireless effort, and without it time favors social stagnation — tap to centre the map on it Human progress is not inevitable; itcomes through tireless effort, andwithout it time favors socialstagnation MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: The desire to work rather than be idle may be an evolved human trait. — tap to centre the map on it The desire to work rather than beidle may be an evolved human trait. Last stated 9 months ago 2 Feb 2026 JC JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: If AI permanently drives down demand for labour, long-term income support for a significant fraction of the workforce will likely become necessary. — tap to centre the map on it If AI permanently drives down demandfor labour, long-term income supportfor a significant fraction of theworkforce will likely becomenecessary. Last stated 5 months ago 1 Jun 2026 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even with no redistribution at all, a little saving would rescue a great many people, because the same AI that automates the work makes returns enormous. — tap to centre the map on it Even with no redistribution at all,a little saving would rescue a greatmany people, because the same AIthat automates the work makesreturns enormous. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 PT Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rich countries will soon consume less, willingly or not, because present rates are unsustainable. — tap to centre the map on it Rich countries will soon consumeless, willingly or not, becausepresent rates are unsustainable. Last stated 19 years ago 2 Jan 2008 JD Jared Diamond — holds since 2008-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — 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 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — 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 a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Saving time and labour has become an unexamined imperative rather than a judgement made case by case. Last stated 12 May 2023 · 3 years ago Holds L. M. Sacasas Read this korrent →