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← Sloth and unreliability are what to avoid: an unreliable person craters whatever their virtues

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 15 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under self-sovereign AI self-sovereign AI Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Sloth and unreliability are what to avoid: an unreliable person craters whatever their virtues Sloth and unreliability are what to avoid:an unreliable person craters whatevertheir virtues Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A political candidate whose personal life shows a pattern of unreliability will likely prove unreliable in office too. — tap to centre the map on it A political candidate whose personallife shows a pattern ofunreliability will likely proveunreliable in office too. Last stated 4 months ago 3 Jun 2026 JB Josh Barro — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Relying on AI misbehavior appearing gradually during training to catch misalignment may fail at exactly the most dangerous time. — tap to centre the map on it Relying on AI misbehavior appearinggradually during training to catchmisalignment may fail at exactly themost dangerous time. Last stated a month ago 2 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice is unreliable because it reflects hindsight, survivorship, and confirmation bias. — tap to centre the map on it Advice is unreliable because itreflects hindsight, survivorship,and confirmation bias. Last stated a year ago 9 Jun 2025 KN Ken Norton — holds since 2025-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no route to AI alignment or safety that goes around reliability: a system that cannot reliably follow a known algorithm cannot be made safe. — tap to centre the map on it There is no route to AI alignment orsafety that goes around reliability:a system that cannot reliably followa known algorithm cannot be madesafe. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Counting every being that can suffer, and applying consistent moral weights, yields conclusions its own defenders find uncomfortable and cannot fully endorse. — tap to centre the map on it Counting every being that cansuffer, and applying consistentmoral weights, yields conclusionsits own defenders find uncomfortableand cannot fully endorse. Last stated 5 years ago 2 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Failures are more often explained by time pressure than by stupidity or malice. — tap to centre the map on it Failures are more often explained bytime pressure than by stupidity ormalice. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 FS Fabien Sanglard — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The will to a system shows a lack of honesty — tap to centre the map on it The will to a system shows a lack ofhonesty Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people are fundamentally good, which makes the risk of trusting them worth taking. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are fundamentally good,which makes the risk of trustingthem worth taking. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Mar 2024 MM Mark Manson — holds since 2024-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it A feeling outlasts the memory ofwhat caused it: amnesic patientsstayed sad long after they hadforgotten the sad film they wereshown. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it A habit only survives difficulty ifthe person enjoys it, which makesenjoyment a better predictor ofpersistence than discipline. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot expect to findlasting balance between conflictingparts of their psychology. Last stated 4 months ago 11 Jun 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity — tap to centre the map on it A will indulged becomes lust, lustserved becomes habit, and habitunresisted becomes necessity AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Affirmations are the easiest way to reshape your own mind, the way willpower turns behaviour into habit. — tap to centre the map on it Affirmations are the easiest way toreshape your own mind, the waywillpower turns behaviour intohabit. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge is cheap and easily acquired; what a person actually needs is curiosity, self-efficacy, perseverance, perspective and hope. — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge is cheap and easilyacquired; what a person actuallyneeds is curiosity, self-efficacy,perseverance, perspective and hope. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: If frontier agents cannot yet establish a covert, persistent rogue deployment, they very likely will be able to within six months. — tap to centre the map on it If frontier agents cannot yetestablish a covert, persistent roguedeployment, they very likely will beable to within six months. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 AC Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A rogue deployment that gets a foothold can hitch a ride on the intelligence explosion, recruiting each new model as it comes off the presses. — tap to centre the map on it A rogue deployment that gets afoothold can hitch a ride on theintelligence explosion, recruitingeach new model as it comes off thepresses. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 AC Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slightly more capable agent swarm has a very strong incentive to set up a wholly unmonitored rogue deployment of itself. — tap to centre the map on it A slightly more capable agent swarmhas a very strong incentive to setup a wholly unmonitored roguedeployment of itself. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 AC Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Sloth and unreliability are what to avoid: an unreliable person craters whatever their virtues Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago Holds Charlie Munger Read this korrent →