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Read this korrent: The default should be to assume no malice and forgive, but where malice is confirmed, to be ruthless.
The default should be to assume no malice and forgive, but where malice is confirmed, to be ruthless.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Sincerity and self-interest usually go together by default. — tap to centre the map on it
Sincerity and self-interest usually go together by default.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do. — tap to centre the map on it
People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No calamity is greater than discontent with one's lot, and the sufficiency of contentment endures — tap to centre the map on it
No calamity is greater than discontent with one's lot, and the sufficiency of contentment endures
LA
Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon — tap to centre the map on it
A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon
ME
Mencius — holds since c. 400–301 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy attitude may be to assume a rule had a reason but default to removing it, since situations might change. — tap to centre the map on it
A healthy attitude may be to assume a rule had a reason but default to removing it, since situations might change.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
AR
Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating. — tap to centre the map on it
Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
TS
Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff. — tap to centre the map on it
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
WB
Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier — tap to centre the map on it
Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier
SF
Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
WB
Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities — tap to centre the map on it
People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities
Last stated 7 years ago
22 Feb 2020
RI
Rihanna — holds since 2020-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated a year ago
15 Sept 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric — tap to centre the map on it
A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric
Last stated 8 years ago
6 Mar 2019
TS
Taylor Swift — holds since 2019-03-06 — tap for who they are
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The default should be to assume no malice and forgive, but where malice is confirmed, to be ruthless.
Last stated 16 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
Sincerity and self-interest usually go together by default.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds François Chollet
Similar wording
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 16 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
Similar wording
People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Henrik Karlsson
Similar wording
No calamity is greater than discontent with one's lot, and the sufficiency of contentment endures
Last stated c. 450–250 BCE
Holds Laozi
Similar wording
A ruler who lets people die of famine and blames the bad year is like a killer who blames the weapon
Last stated c. 400–301 BCE
Holds Mencius
Similar wording
A healthy attitude may be to assume a rule had a reason but default to removing it, since situations might change.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Armin Ronacher
Same subject: empathy
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
Last stated c. 1898
Holds Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Same subject: empathy
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Lex Fridman
Same subject: empathy
Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Tara Seshan
Same subject: Narcissism
Narcissists can change meaningfully in therapy, though nobody changes completely, and most of the work is persisting with empathic confrontation past the first rebuff.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Wendy Behary
Same subject: Narcissism
Feuds between neighbouring, closely related peoples are a relatively harmless outlet for aggression that makes group cohesion easier
Last stated c. 1930
Holds Sigmund Freud
Same subject: Narcissism
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Wendy Behary
Same subject: racism
People with friends of other races should show up when injustice hits those friends’ communities
Last stated 22 Feb 2020 · 7 years ago
Holds Rihanna
Same subject: racism
A country is primarily for its native people
Last stated 15 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: racism
A person with influence has a responsibility to use it against leaders' racist, fear-provoking rhetoric
Last stated 6 Mar 2019 · 8 years ago
Holds Taylor Swift