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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 26 Jul 2014 to 20 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about humility.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under Apple Apple Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The ambitious sacrifice a tranquillity they already have for an imagined repose that proves no better The ambitious sacrifice a tranquillitythey already have for an imagined reposethat proves no better AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: A really good product manager has to be very confident, often to the point of bordering on arrogance. — tap to centre the map on it A really good product manager has tobe very confident, often to thepoint of bordering on arrogance. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it Alongside a healthy passion forequality, a depraved one prefersequality in slavery to unequalfreedom AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple is arrogant — tap to centre the map on it Apple is arrogant Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Argue like you are right and listen like you are wrong, with the humility to know what you do not know. — tap to centre the map on it Argue like you are right and listenlike you are wrong, with thehumility to know what you do notknow. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asking "how do I know I'm right?" and triangulating, instead of assuming one is right, gives the humility to balance audacity and brings open-mindedness. — tap to centre the map on it Asking "how do I know I'm right?"and triangulating, instead ofassuming one is right, gives thehumility to balance audacity andbrings open-mindedness. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Sept 2022 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming you are a typical observer in the universe is not humility but a hilariously presumptuous claim that typical observers are like you. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming you are a typical observerin the universe is not humility buta hilariously presumptuous claimthat typical observers are like you. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being too ambitious and visionary at the outset is how founders miss product-market fit, because it stops them starting somewhere small and humble enough. — tap to centre the map on it Being too ambitious and visionary atthe outset is how founders missproduct-market fit, because it stopsthem starting somewhere small andhumble enough. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being wrong is a treat, because it adds a pinch of humility to every judgement that follows. — tap to centre the map on it Being wrong is a treat, because itadds a pinch of humility to everyjudgement that follows. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Sept 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-14 — 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: It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate. — tap to centre the map on it It is good that the search forunderstanding will never end, sincethere will always be new discovery;without it we would stagnate. SH Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understanding the world brings a joy close to ecstasy — tap to centre the map on it Understanding the world brings a joyclose to ecstasy Last stated 2 years ago 23 Apr 2025 RD Richard Dawkins — holds since 2025-04-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it Essentialism means rejecting theidea that if we can fit it all in,we can have it all Last stated 12 years ago 26 Jul 2014 GM Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The ambitious sacrifice a tranquillity they already have for an imagined repose that proves no better Last stated c. 1759–1777 Holds Adam Smith Read this korrent →