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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 16 Sept 2001 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under investing investing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are The more a person forgets themselves in acause or in love for someone, the morehuman they are VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more a person has within themselves, the less they want from other people — tap to centre the map on it The more a person has withinthemselves, the less they want fromother people AS Arthur Schopenhauer — holds since c. 1851 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others — tap to centre the map on it People who cannot feel thelittleness of their own great thingstend to overlook the greatness oflittle things in others OK Okakura Kakuzō — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to unconsciously overestimate how much they personally contribute to shared work compared to others. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to unconsciouslyoverestimate how much theypersonally contribute to shared workcompared to others. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Jul 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not — tap to centre the map on it Virtue should prevail and outwardform be forgotten, yet people forgetwhat matters and remember what doesnot ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to protect yourself fromheartbreak and loss is moredangerous than trying to saveanother person. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MP Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Taking something a person already loves and making it one inch better wins more of them than showing them something they have never seen and did not know they wanted. — tap to centre the map on it Taking something a person alreadyloves and making it one inch betterwins more of them than showing themsomething they have never seen anddid not know they wanted. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Paying more attention to what is present than to what is absent is often a mistake, since absence can matter — tap to centre the map on it Paying more attention to what ispresent than to what is absent isoften a mistake, since absence canmatter Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jan 2017 RC Robert Cialdini — holds since 2017-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: People with low self-esteem tend to withdraw from relationship disturbances, while those with high self-esteem invest more in the relationship. — tap to centre the map on it People with low self-esteem tend towithdraw from relationshipdisturbances, while those with highself-esteem invest more in therelationship. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — 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: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely valuesintelligence is unprecedented inhuman history; the Bible, Homer andother ancient texts value strength,courage and beauty instead. Last stated 5 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being — tap to centre the map on it All great literature is about what abummer it is to be a human being Last stated 22 years ago 10 May 2004 KV Kurt Vonnegut — holds since 2004-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Courage is a morally neutral virtue, and whatever else is said of the September 11 attackers, they were not cowards — tap to centre the map on it Courage is a morally neutral virtue,and whatever else is said of theSeptember 11 attackers, they werenot cowards Last stated 25 years ago 16 Sept 2001 SS Susan Sontag — holds since 2001-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 3 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are Last stated c. 1962–1992 Holds Viktor Frankl Read this korrent →