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← Social progress means checking the cosmic process at every step and replacing it with an ethical one

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 25 May 2013 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under racism racism Everything filed under space space Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Social progress means checking the cosmic process at every step and replacing it with an ethical one Social progress means checking the cosmicprocess at every step and replacing itwith an ethical one TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ethical progress of society depends on combating the cosmic process, not imitating or fleeing it — tap to centre the map on it The ethical progress of societydepends on combating the cosmicprocess, not imitating or fleeing it TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Broadly, human ethical progress is the gradual extension of mutual aid from the tribe toward the whole of humanity — tap to centre the map on it Broadly, human ethical progress isthe gradual extension of mutual aidfrom the tribe toward the whole ofhumanity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society changes constantly but never actually improves — tap to centre the map on it Society changes constantly but neveractually improves RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: Producing moral, not just technological, progress requires introducing new moral premises that invert what people previously believed. — tap to centre the map on it Producing moral, not justtechnological, progress requiresintroducing new moral premises thatinvert what people previouslybelieved. Last stated 4 months ago 12 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress should change the world to fit a vision, not keep changing the vision — tap to centre the map on it Progress should change the world tofit a vision, not keep changing thevision GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1908 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understanding the causes of progress is a moral imperative, because progress is neither automatic nor guaranteed to continue. — tap to centre the map on it Understanding the causes of progressis a moral imperative, becauseprogress is neither automatic norguaranteed to continue. Last stated 7 years ago 7 Sept 2019 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2019-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a fallacy that people in society must look to the struggle for existence for progress, as plants and animals did — tap to centre the map on it It is a fallacy that people insociety must look to the strugglefor existence for progress, asplants and animals did TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Law and morals oppose the cosmic process and tend to suppress the traits that win the struggle for existence — tap to centre the map on it Law and morals oppose the cosmicprocess and tend to suppress thetraits that win the struggle forexistence TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief that cannot be acted on, or whose actions carry no personal stakes, is more likely to be held for social reasons than because it is true. — tap to centre the map on it A belief that cannot be acted on, orwhose actions carry no personalstakes, is more likely to be heldfor social reasons than because itis true. Last stated 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly namesystematic disadvantage, not merelyprejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago 25 May 2013 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it A ballot law unfair to either raceinjures whites more lastingly thanBlack citizens BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A crewed spacecraft does no work: putting people aboard is what stops a mission getting anything done. — tap to centre the map on it A crewed spacecraft does no work:putting people aboard is what stopsa mission getting anything done. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jan 2023 MC Maciej Cegłowski — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy. — tap to centre the map on it A great filter is a weak explanationfor the silence, because it wouldhave to work every single time — onecivilization with self-replicatingprobes could fill the galaxy. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Social progress means checking the cosmic process at every step and replacing it with an ethical one Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Thomas Henry Huxley Read this korrent →