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← Society gains nothing when people who have not reformed themselves try to reform things around them

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 3 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under government government Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Society gains nothing when people who have not reformed themselves try to reform things around them Society gains nothing when people who havenot reformed themselves try to reformthings around them RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: By pursuing their own interest, people frequently serve society better than when they set out to serve it — tap to centre the map on it By pursuing their own interest,people frequently serve societybetter than when they set out toserve it Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying free will hasn't made society better, it has just given people a more forgiving vocabulary to excuse wrongdoing. — tap to centre the map on it Denying free will hasn't madesociety better, it has just givenpeople a more forgiving vocabularyto excuse wrongdoing. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The city comes before the individual, and one who needs no society is a beast or a god — tap to centre the map on it The city comes before theindividual, and one who needs nosociety is a beast or a god AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: As civilization grows, the qualities that helped humans win the struggle for existence become defects — tap to centre the map on it As civilization grows, the qualitiesthat helped humans win the strugglefor existence become defects TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society and law began as a trick that bound the weak, empowered the rich and fixed inequality for good — tap to centre the map on it Society and law began as a trickthat bound the weak, empowered therich and fixed inequality for good JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human progress is not inevitable; it comes through tireless effort, and without it time favors social stagnation — tap to centre the map on it Human progress is not inevitable; itcomes through tireless effort, andwithout it time favors socialstagnation MJ Martin Luther King Jr. — holds since c. 1963–1964 — tap for who they are Same subject: Until we know what should replace a system, we should reform it rather than abolish it. — tap to centre the map on it Until we know what should replace asystem, we should reform it ratherthan abolish it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Oct 2026 JB Julian Baggini — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 Society gains nothing when people who have not reformed themselves try to reform things around them Last stated c. 1844 Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson Read this korrent →