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← Since our inner nature is good or neutral, it should be encouraged rather than suppressed

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 25 Sept 2015 to 31 Aug 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: Since our inner nature is good or neutral, it should be encouraged rather than suppressed Since our inner nature is good or neutral,it should be encouraged rather thansuppressed AM Abraham Maslow — holds since c. 1962 — 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: Being pro-sex as a protest against an anti-sex upbringing is likely neurotic — tap to centre the map on it Being pro-sex as a protest againstan anti-sex upbringing is likelyneurotic AN A. S. Neill — holds since c. 1960 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wise people express their emotions constructively rather than suppressing them. — tap to centre the map on it Wise people express their emotionsconstructively rather thansuppressing them. Last stated 5 months ago 24 May 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to — tap to centre the map on it If you can prevent something badwithout sacrificing anything nearlyas important, it is wrong not to PS Peter Singer — holds since c. 2009 — tap for who they are Same subject: Practising self-restraint and renunciation is not happiness, though it may be something better — tap to centre the map on it Practising self-restraint andrenunciation is not happiness,though it may be something better TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to guide people like rational creatures than to drive them like beasts — tap to centre the map on it It is better to guide people likerational creatures than to drivethem like beasts DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Talk of helping others is an easier place to hide than transforming oneself. — tap to centre the map on it Talk of helping others is an easierplace to hide than transformingoneself. Last stated 3 years ago 23 Apr 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to benefit the bad too than to stint the good for fear of them — tap to centre the map on it It is better to benefit the bad toothan to stint the good for fear ofthem SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — 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 Since our inner nature is good or neutral, it should be encouraged rather than suppressed Last stated c. 1962 Holds Abraham Maslow Read this korrent →