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← The age of chivalry is gone and the glory of Europe is extinguished

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 23 May 2006 to 11 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about economists.

Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under education education Everything filed under dementia dementia Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The age of chivalry is gone and the glory of Europe is extinguished The age of chivalry is gone and the gloryof Europe is extinguished EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among the leading candidates for greatest economist of all time, Adam Smith was analytically the weakest, save perhaps Malthus. — tap to centre the map on it Among the leading candidates forgreatest economist of all time, AdamSmith was analytically the weakest,save perhaps Malthus. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inability to see the viewpoints of people unlike oneself is a genuine weakness in a social scientist, not merely a separate moral failing. — tap to centre the map on it An inability to see the viewpointsof people unlike oneself is agenuine weakness in a socialscientist, not merely a separatemoral failing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aspiring economists should take as many math and statistics courses as they can stomach — tap to centre the map on it Aspiring economists should take asmany math and statistics courses asthey can stomach Last stated 20 years ago 23 May 2006 GM Greg Mankiw — holds since 2006-05-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: College is not a good career investment for most of the population. — tap to centre the map on it College is not a good careerinvestment for most of thepopulation. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Feb 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition that removes differentiation makes everyone worse off, because it assumes people already know what they want. — tap to centre the map on it Competition that removesdifferentiation makes everyone worseoff, because it assumes peoplealready know what they want. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Countries could potentially increase their GDP by reducing the time people spend unwinding scams and inappropriate salesmanship while supporting relatives with dementia. — tap to centre the map on it Countries could potentially increasetheir GDP by reducing the timepeople spend unwinding scams andinappropriate salesmanship whilesupporting relatives with dementia. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 AK Adam Kucharski — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cumrun Vafa's 'dark dimension' torsion balance experiment does not amount to a genuine testable prediction of string theory. — tap to centre the map on it Cumrun Vafa's 'dark dimension'torsion balance experiment does notamount to a genuine testableprediction of string theory. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Development economists can contribute far less to a poor country’s growth policy in real time than either they or their critics assume. — tap to centre the map on it Development economists cancontribute far less to a poorcountry’s growth policy in real timethan either they or their criticsassume. Last stated 6 months ago 6 May 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it A coalition from the US and EU toSaudi Arabia and the PalestinianAuthority should take Gaza fromHamas, rebuild it and demilitariseit Last stated 3 years ago 12 Oct 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: America is a vastly richer country than Europe — tap to centre the map on it America is a vastly richer countrythan Europe Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bandera is a symbol of resistance to Soviet occupation for a fight he could not have led, because he was not in Ukraine at the time. — tap to centre the map on it Bandera is a symbol of resistance toSoviet occupation for a fight hecould not have led, because he wasnot in Ukraine at the time. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Mar 2024 SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Britain alone in Europe needed no large standing army, because a competent navy meant no army could ever reach its shores. — tap to centre the map on it Britain alone in Europe needed nolarge standing army, because acompetent navy meant no army couldever reach its shores. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe is weak spiritually and militarily in the face of Russia — tap to centre the map on it Europe is weak spiritually andmilitarily in the face of Russia Last stated 2 years ago 19 Feb 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe's central response to Russia's hybrid attacks should be to redouble its support for Ukraine. — tap to centre the map on it Europe's central response toRussia's hybrid attacks should be toredouble its support for Ukraine. Last stated 3 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 TA Timothy Garton Ash — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: NATO expansion into Ukraine was the principal cause of the war, which makes the West principally responsible for it. — tap to centre the map on it NATO expansion into Ukraine was theprincipal cause of the war, whichmakes the West principallyresponsible for it. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The age of chivalry is gone and the glory of Europe is extinguished Last stated c. 1790 Holds Edmund Burke Read this korrent →