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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The best in the world make consistently good decisions largely because circumstances rarely force a decision on them, as they almost always operate from a position of strength. The best in the world make consistentlygood decisions largely becausecircumstances rarely force a decision onthem, as they almost always operate from aposition of strength. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keep loading people who make consistently good decisions with more decisions until they start making bad ones. — tap to centre the map on it Keep loading people who makeconsistently good decisions withmore decisions until they startmaking bad ones. Last stated 3 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Over the long run, the average person who keeps putting themselves in a good position beats the genius who is in a poor one, and what looks like talent is often good positioning. — tap to centre the map on it Over the long run, the averageperson who keeps putting themselvesin a good position beats the geniuswho is in a poor one, and what lookslike talent is often goodpositioning. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best aid to judgment is starting a decision from a good position, and people forget to ask whether they are acting from strength or weakness when the moment arrives. — tap to centre the map on it The best aid to judgment is startinga decision from a good position, andpeople forget to ask whether theyare acting from strength or weaknesswhen the moment arrives. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Under uncertainty, the best decision is the one that preserves the most future options. — tap to centre the map on it Under uncertainty, the best decisionis the one that preserves the mostfuture options. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Apr 2024 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2024-04-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over. — tap to centre the map on it When two options are almostperfectly balanced the choice doesnot matter, and those are exactlythe decisions people agonize over. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Copying the consensus drags you towards the average, and average is not good enough — so you have to make the decisions that make sense to you even when you are completely alone in them. — tap to centre the map on it Copying the consensus drags youtowards the average, and average isnot good enough — so you have tomake the decisions that make senseto you even when you are completelyalone in them. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not fully determined by conditions; they decide whether to give in to them or stand up to them — tap to centre the map on it People are not fully determined byconditions; they decide whether togive in to them or stand up to them VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it A busted computer is not a calamityof data loss or a long restoreprocess in the modern world Last stated 10 months ago 24 Nov 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 2 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it A prisoner who lost faith in his ownfuture was doomed VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying people the right to leave a country effectively makes them slaves of the state. — tap to centre the map on it Denying people the right to leave acountry effectively makes themslaves of the state. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The best in the world make consistently good decisions largely because circumstances rarely force a decision on them, as they almost always operate from a position of strength. Last stated 3 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Shane Parrish Read this korrent →