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Read this korrent: The first component of self-compassion is mindfulness: the willingness to turn toward and be aware of pain.
The first component of self-compassion is mindfulness: the willingness to turn toward and be aware of pain.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Self-compassion is being supportive toward yourself when you suffer, whether from your own mistakes or from life's challenges. — tap to centre the map on it
Self-compassion is being supportive toward yourself when you suffer, whether from your own mistakes or from life's challenges.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Aug 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Self-compassion is a productive way to approach distressing thoughts and emotions, and it supports mental and physical well-being. — tap to centre the map on it
Self-compassion is a productive way to approach distressing thoughts and emotions, and it supports mental and physical well-being.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Aug 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Self-compassion has six elements: self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness, with less self-judgment, isolation and overidentification. — tap to centre the map on it
Self-compassion has six elements: self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness, with less self-judgment, isolation and overidentification.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Aug 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Self-compassion can be fierce as well as tender: protecting yourself, speaking up and taking action. — tap to centre the map on it
Self-compassion can be fierce as well as tender: protecting yourself, speaking up and taking action.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People think of compassion only as tender acceptance, though acts like protecting a child are compassion too. — tap to centre the map on it
People think of compassion only as tender acceptance, though acts like protecting a child are compassion too.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everyone needs a balance of fierce and tender self-compassion, like yin and yang. — tap to centre the map on it
Everyone needs a balance of fierce and tender self-compassion, like yin and yang.
Last stated 4 years ago
10 May 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The common worries that self-compassion is weak, selfish, self-indulgent or undermines motivation are myths. — tap to centre the map on it
The common worries that self-compassion is weak, selfish, self-indulgent or undermines motivation are myths.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Aug 2022
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Kristin Neff — holds since 2022-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient. — tap to centre the map on it
Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it
A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others
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William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it
A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
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Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it
A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity.
Last stated 8 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it
AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it
Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jul 2026
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Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are
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The first component of self-compassion is mindfulness: the willingness to turn toward and be aware of pain.
Last stated 10 May 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
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Self-compassion is being supportive toward yourself when you suffer, whether from your own mistakes or from life's challenges.
Last stated 12 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Self-compassion is a productive way to approach distressing thoughts and emotions, and it supports mental and physical well-being.
Last stated 12 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Self-compassion has six elements: self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness, with less self-judgment, isolation and overidentification.
Last stated 12 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Self-compassion can be fierce as well as tender: protecting yourself, speaking up and taking action.
Last stated 10 May 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
People think of compassion only as tender acceptance, though acts like protecting a child are compassion too.
Last stated 10 May 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Everyone needs a balance of fierce and tender self-compassion, like yin and yang.
Last stated 10 May 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
The common worries that self-compassion is weak, selfish, self-indulgent or undermines motivation are myths.
Last stated 12 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Kristin Neff
Similar wording
Human self-awareness makes mere survival feel unsatisfying rather than sufficient.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Maria Popova
Same subject: consciousness
A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others
Last stated c. 1902
Holds William James
Same subject: consciousness
A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Matt Webb
Same subject: consciousness
A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity.
Last stated 4 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Stephen Wolfram
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes
Same subject: AI sentience
AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Same subject: AI sentience
An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Fei-Fei Li
Same subject: AI sentience
Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
Last stated 24 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Peter Singer