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← The noble soul has reverence for itself
17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 18 Jan 1892 to 18 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: The noble soul has reverence for itself
The noble soul has reverence for itself
FN
Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures — tap to centre the map on it
Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures
VO
Voltaire — holds since c. 1733 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The isolation of each soul gives every individual the right to choose their own surroundings — tap to centre the map on it
The isolation of each soul gives every individual the right to choose their own surroundings
Last stated 135 years ago
18 Jan 1892
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since 1892-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mind takes on the character of the thoughts it habitually holds — tap to centre the map on it
The mind takes on the character of the thoughts it habitually holds
MA
Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: The soul is a story; the stream of consciousness is a concrete reality — tap to centre the map on it
The soul is a story; the stream of consciousness is a concrete reality
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nothing is ultimately sacred except the integrity of your own mind — tap to centre the map on it
Nothing is ultimately sacred except the integrity of your own mind
RE
Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Feeling much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature — tap to centre the map on it
Feeling much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature
AS
Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The body constantly heals itself, which is the soul in the flesh healing itself — tap to centre the map on it
The body constantly heals itself, which is the soul in the flesh healing itself
JR
Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1972–1973 — tap for who they are
Same subject: God surely values one person growing in virtue more than restraining ten vicious ones — tap to centre the map on it
God surely values one person growing in virtue more than restraining ten vicious ones
JM
John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — 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
WJ
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 a month ago
18 Sept 2026
MW
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 9 months ago
4 Feb 2026
SW
Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — 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 2 months 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 3 months ago
10 Aug 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it
As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans
Last stated 11 years ago
25 Sept 2015
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it
"Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
DD
Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new approach to forecasting the future should sit between techno-utopianism and dystopian imagery. — tap to centre the map on it
A new approach to forecasting the future should sit between techno-utopianism and dystopian imagery.
Last stated 2 years ago
by 24 Mar 2025
AC
Amber Case — holds since 2025-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it
AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles.
Last stated 7 months ago
26 Mar 2026
KC
Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are
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