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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 24 May 1689 to 4 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Self-interest rightly understood seems the moral theory best suited to people of our time Self-interest rightly understood seems themoral theory best suited to people of ourtime AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking well of mankind is more favourable to virtue than a low opinion of our nature — tap to centre the map on it Thinking well of mankind is morefavourable to virtue than a lowopinion of our nature DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul — tap to centre the map on it Equality's danger is absorbingpeople in permitted pleasures, whichmay enervate rather than corrupt thesoul AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is our right, and maybe our moral duty, to reshape the universe to our preferences — tap to centre the map on it It is our right, and maybe our moralduty, to reshape the universe to ourpreferences Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 NF Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The greatest-happiness principle serves indirectly as a nearly safe standard of right and wrong — tap to centre the map on it The greatest-happiness principleserves indirectly as a nearly safestandard of right and wrong CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Calling an intelligent, self-awarebeing legal property does notresolve whether it has an interestin freedom. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jul 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Interest is natural rather than a product of social arrangements, and therefore just — tap to centre the map on it Interest is natural rather than aproduct of social arrangements, andtherefore just HG Henry George — holds since c. 1877–1880 — tap for who they are Same subject: He wrote the Principia with an eye to principles that would bring thinking people to believe in a God — tap to centre the map on it He wrote the Principia with an eyeto principles that would bringthinking people to believe in a God Last stated 334 years ago 10 Dec 1692 IN Isaac Newton — holds since 1692-12-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — 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: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — 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 earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH 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 becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS 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 allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Self-interest rightly understood seems the moral theory best suited to people of our time Last stated c. 1840 Holds Alexis de Tocqueville Read this korrent →