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← School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed.
17 connected korrents · 13 moments on record from 25 Jan 2022 to 1 Sept 2026.
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25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dropping educational software into an existing school changes nothing; the whole school day has to be redesigned around it or it fails. — tap to centre the map on it Dropping educational software into an existing school changes nothing; the whole school day has to be redesigned around it or it fails. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed. — tap to centre the map on it Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed. Last stated 2 years ago
4 Mar 2025
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Friedrich Merz — holds since 2025-02-25 — tap for who they are
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Friedrich Merz — no longer holds since 2025-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all. — tap to centre the map on it The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. Last stated 6 months ago
12 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Putting the children most likely to succeed into one school is segregation, not educational excellence. — tap to centre the map on it Putting the children most likely to succeed into one school is segregation, not educational excellence. Last stated 6 months ago
24 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Mass schooling was designed as a factory a century ago, has run on autopilot since, and does not fit the world it now serves. — tap to centre the map on it Mass schooling was designed as a factory a century ago, has run on autopilot since, and does not fit the world it now serves. Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Education cannot be done to a person: without at least a minimal act of will from the learner, no method, resource or reform works. — tap to centre the map on it Education cannot be done to a person: without at least a minimal act of will from the learner, no method, resource or reform works. Last stated 6 months ago
24 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: School's purpose should be humanistic rather than economic, and the people who are not academically talented need a welfare state rather than a promise that school will lift them. — tap to centre the map on it School's purpose should be humanistic rather than economic, and the people who are not academically talented need a welfare state rather than a promise that school will lift them. Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. Last stated 3 weeks ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. Last stated 3 weeks ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bank should be managed against the fat tails it can imagine, not against the stress test its regulator hands it. — tap to centre the map on it A bank should be managed against the fat tails it can imagine, not against the stress test its regulator hands it. Last stated a year ago
16 Jul 2025
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Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country that builds a national health service becomes more aware of its own existence, because the experience of solidarity is what makes a nation real. — tap to centre the map on it A country that builds a national health service becomes more aware of its own existence, because the experience of solidarity is what makes a nation real. Last stated a week ago
30 Aug 2026
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Timothy Snyder — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government is legitimate internally if the governed have consented to it, whatever form it takes. — tap to centre the map on it A government is legitimate internally if the governed have consented to it, whatever form it takes. Last stated 2 months ago
12 Jul 2026
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Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
At the centre
School reform cannot work, because the system being reformed has no intention of being reformed.
Holds Read this korrent →
Dropping educational software into an existing school changes nothing; the whole school day has to be redesigned around it or it fails.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed.
No longer holds
The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
Putting the children most likely to succeed into one school is segregation, not educational excellence.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
Mass schooling was designed as a factory a century ago, has run on autopilot since, and does not fit the world it now serves.
Holds
Education cannot be done to a person: without at least a minimal act of will from the learner, no method, resource or reform works.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
School's purpose should be humanistic rather than economic, and the people who are not academically talented need a welfare state rather than a promise that school will lift them.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Holds
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Holds
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Holds
A bank should be managed against the fat tails it can imagine, not against the stress test its regulator hands it.
Holds JD Jamie Dimon
A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output.
Holds
A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases.
Holds
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Holds RB Radley Balko
A country that builds a national health service becomes more aware of its own existence, because the experience of solidarity is what makes a nation real.
Holds TS Timothy Snyder
A government is legitimate internally if the governed have consented to it, whatever form it takes.
Holds