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Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The idea that ethical nature, though born of cosmic nature, is necessarily at enmity with it is a fundamental truth The idea that ethical nature, though bornof cosmic nature, is necessarily at enmitywith it is a fundamental truth TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would be folly to think a few centuries could subdue humanity's inborn cosmic nature to ethical ends — tap to centre the map on it It would be folly to think a fewcenturies could subdue humanity'sinborn cosmic nature to ethical ends TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Law and morals oppose the cosmic process and tend to suppress the traits that win the struggle for existence — tap to centre the map on it Law and morals oppose the cosmicprocess and tend to suppress thetraits that win the struggle forexistence TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Meat produced from waste and rangeland is efficient enough that giving up meat is not the only ethical answer to world hunger. — tap to centre the map on it Meat produced from waste andrangeland is efficient enough thatgiving up meat is not the onlyethical answer to world hunger. Last stated 13 years ago 27 Nov 2013 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2010-09-07 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2013-11-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Healthy-minded optimism is inadequate as a philosophy, because the evil it ignores is part of reality and may be the key to life's meaning — tap to centre the map on it Healthy-minded optimism isinadequate as a philosophy, becausethe evil it ignores is part ofreality and may be the key to life'smeaning WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution may explain good and evil tendencies but gives no better reason to prefer good — tap to centre the map on it Evolution may explain good and eviltendencies but gives no betterreason to prefer good TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: In a real world of sweat and dirt, a noble view of things seemingly ought to count against its truth — tap to centre the map on it In a real world of sweat and dirt, anoble view of things seemingly oughtto count against its truth WJ William James — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: Parsing the secrets of the universe revealed by contraptions that speak back to us is a moral responsibility and a worthy endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it Parsing the secrets of the universerevealed by contraptions that speakback to us is a moral responsibilityand a worthy endeavour. Last stated 3 weeks ago 8 Oct 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a fallacy that people in society must look to the struggle for existence for progress, as plants and animals did — tap to centre the map on it It is a fallacy that people insociety must look to the strugglefor existence for progress, asplants and animals did TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — 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 11 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 a month 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 finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The idea that ethical nature, though born of cosmic nature, is necessarily at enmity with it is a fundamental truth Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Thomas Henry Huxley Read this korrent →