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← Suicide does not follow from revolt; it is not revolt's logical outcome
17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 18 Aug 2011 to 2 Oct 2026.
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Read this korrent: Suicide does not follow from revolt; it is not revolt's logical outcome
Suicide does not follow from revolt; it is not revolt's logical outcome
AC
Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best — tap to centre the map on it
If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best
AC
Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Offering MAID to people with depression but no physical illness is murder. — tap to centre the map on it
Offering MAID to people with depression but no physical illness is murder.
Last stated a week ago
24 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation — tap to centre the map on it
One might say that human happiness is not part of the plan of creation
SF
Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is legitimate and necessary to ask whether life has meaning, and so to face suicide squarely — tap to centre the map on it
It is legitimate and necessary to ask whether life has meaning, and so to face suicide squarely
AC
Albert Camus — holds since c. 1955 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Happiness does not lie in amusement — tap to centre the map on it
Happiness does not lie in amusement
AR
Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it
A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death.
Last stated 6 years ago
4 Jun 2020
AP
Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Thinking inspiration outweighs execution is a sign of not knowing the medium. — tap to centre the map on it
Thinking inspiration outweighs execution is a sign of not knowing the medium.
Last stated 2 years ago
31 Aug 2024
TC
Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The replication crisis is not an aberration; many of the things we believe are wrong — tap to centre the map on it
The replication crisis is not an aberration; many of the things we believe are wrong
Last stated 4 weeks ago
4 Sept 2026
SR
Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-12-27 — tap for who they are
NF
Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it
A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change.
Last stated a month ago
20 Aug 2026
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Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it
A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
RB
Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one. — tap to centre the map on it
Any theory of the fall in birth rates must explain both the worldwide collapse and the differences between countries, and most theories explain only one.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Nov 2024
AE
Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it
A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
HN
Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it
A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse.
Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
HK
Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it
AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives
Last stated yesterday
2 Oct 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it
A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed.
Last stated 6 months ago
28 Mar 2026
PM
Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. — tap to centre the map on it
A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate.
Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing.
Last stated 8 months ago
22 Jan 2026
OK
Orin Kerr — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
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