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10 connected korrents · 5 moments from 31 Aug 1837 to 28 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under agency agency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The basic job of policy thinkers is to keep alternatives alive until the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable The basic job of policy thinkers is tokeep alternatives alive until thepolitically impossible becomes politicallyinevitable MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1982 — tap for who they are Same subject: The aim of politics is to make individual lives as good as possible — tap to centre the map on it The aim of politics is to makeindividual lives as good as possible BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1917 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pseudonymous teenager from Poland out-designed a trillion-dollar company that has spent forty years and unlimited resources on the same problem. — tap to centre the map on it A pseudonymous teenager from Polandout-designed a trillion-dollarcompany that has spent forty yearsand unlimited resources on the sameproblem. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it Action is subordinate for a scholarbut essential; without it thoughtcannot ripen into truth Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big national problems lack grassroots effort, not good ideas — tap to centre the map on it Big national problems lackgrassroots effort, not good ideas Last stated 2 years ago 1 Nov 2024 RP Robert D. Putnam — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hope is not a strategy; an integrated set of choices is. — tap to centre the map on it Hope is not a strategy; anintegrated set of choices is. Last stated a month ago 28 Sept 2026 RM Roger Martin — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a crisis, the actions taken depend on the ideas that are lying around — tap to centre the map on it In a crisis, the actions takendepend on the ideas that are lyingaround MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1982 — tap for who they are Same subject: People rarely act on the life advice they save; advice must be memorized and drilled to be used. — tap to centre the map on it People rarely act on the life advicethey save; advice must be memorizedand drilled to be used. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Jul 2021 JS Julian Shapiro — holds since 2021-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Direct action against workplace, legal and moral authority is the consistent anarchist method — tap to centre the map on it Direct action against workplace,legal and moral authority is theconsistent anarchist method EG Emma Goldman — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeing his left-wing ideas put into practice in government turned him against them — tap to centre the map on it Seeing his left-wing ideas put intopractice in government turned himagainst them TS Thomas Sowell — holds since c. 1980 — tap for who they are Same subject: What distinguishes revolutionary leaders from the dominant elite is not only their objectives but their procedures — tap to centre the map on it What distinguishes revolutionaryleaders from the dominant elite isnot only their objectives but theirprocedures PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The basic job of policy thinkers is to keep alternatives alive until the politically impossible becomes politically inevitable Last stated c. 1982 Holds Milton Friedman Read this korrent →