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← That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 30 Aug 2005 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it. That everyone believes childhood has gotworse is not evidence that it has, becauseevery generation has believed it. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every age of life is less deadly than it was for the generation before, not just childhood. — tap to centre the map on it Every age of life is less deadlythan it was for the generationbefore, not just childhood. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jan 2024 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Modern people are both more selfish and more guilt-stricken than people in the past. — tap to centre the map on it Modern people are both more selfishand more guilt-stricken than peoplein the past. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 DT Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Watching a panacea get crushed by later studies is science working, not a reason for despair. — tap to centre the map on it Watching a panacea get crushed bylater studies is science working,not a reason for despair. Last stated 13 years ago 27 Jun 2013 CB Chris Blattman — holds since 2013-06-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with. — tap to centre the map on it One good story outweighs a mountainof evidence, because most emotionscannot be argued with. Last stated 9 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rising generation is strongly 'based' after seeing what 'suicidal empathy' has done to their nations. — tap to centre the map on it The rising generation is strongly'based' after seeing what 'suicidalempathy' has done to their nations. Last stated a month ago 2 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Young people tend to be happier than older generations, but not in the Anglosphere — tap to centre the map on it Young people tend to be happier thanolder generations, but not in theAnglosphere Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maybe no generation wants to inherit the favorite apocalypse of the one that went before it — tap to centre the map on it Maybe no generation wants to inheritthe favorite apocalypse of the onethat went before it Last stated 3 years ago 13 Feb 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many people refuse to act on falling birth rates because raising them is associated with people they consider enemies. — tap to centre the map on it Many people refuse to act on fallingbirth rates because raising them isassociated with people they considerenemies. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Everyone gets it wrong sometimes' is a bad argument when assessing track records. — tap to centre the map on it 'Everyone gets it wrong sometimes'is a bad argument when assessingtrack records. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 AK Adam Kucharski — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confusedinstruction: what deserves trust isthe process, not any particularthing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Cochrane Systematic review of 11 trials found no evidence of benefit and a small signal of harm for mechanical CPR devices. — tap to centre the map on it A Cochrane Systematic review of 11trials found no evidence of benefitand a small signal of harm formechanical CPR devices. Last stated 3 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JM John Mandrola — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teamsracing on the same question producesless reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Authors should treat peer review as a test run before a select, hand-picked audience. — tap to centre the map on it Authors should treat peer review asa test run before a select,hand-picked audience. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Apr 2024 SH Suzana Herculano-Houzel — holds since 2024-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 3 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 5 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it. Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Paul Bloom Read this korrent →