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← The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it.

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 16 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it. The purpose of novels is to bear witnessto the inexplicability of human life, notto solve it. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Novels, being far cheaper to make than film or TV, allow a variety of experiment that other forms do not. — tap to centre the map on it Novels, being far cheaper to makethan film or TV, allow a variety ofexperiment that other forms do not. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 MB Melvin Burgess — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The purpose of childhood is to encounter failure and hardship directly, not be shielded from it. — tap to centre the map on it The purpose of childhood is toencounter failure and hardshipdirectly, not be shielded from it. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being a novelist is a matter of keeping at it day after day, not of genius breakthroughs. — tap to centre the map on it Being a novelist is a matter ofkeeping at it day after day, not ofgenius breakthroughs. Last stated 8 months ago 4 Mar 2026 LG Lev Grossman — holds since 2026-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Finding one’s purpose is less a discovery of something new than an uncovering of something already there. — tap to centre the map on it Finding one’s purpose is less adiscovery of something new than anuncovering of something alreadythere. Last stated 2 weeks ago 16 Oct 2026 ED Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people are not as good at inferring a writer's intent from their fiction as they believe themselves to be. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are not as good atinferring a writer's intent fromtheir fiction as they believethemselves to be. Last stated 7 years ago 25 Nov 2019 AL Ann Leckie — holds since 2019-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading fiction does not mean believing its events or entering delusion. — tap to centre the map on it Reading fiction does not meanbelieving its events or enteringdelusion. Last stated 6 months ago 16 May 2026 VC Vajra Chandrasekera — holds since 2026-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: To the best of scientific knowledge human life has no meaning; meaning is a fictional story humans create — tap to centre the map on it To the best of scientific knowledgehuman life has no meaning; meaningis a fictional story humans create Last stated 9 years ago 8 May 2017 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A story can be pure fiction and still give a person an identity and a sense of meaning — tap to centre the map on it A story can be pure fiction andstill give a person an identity anda sense of meaning YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — 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 mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The purpose of novels is to bear witness to the inexplicability of human life, not to solve it. Last stated 2 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Ava Huang Read this korrent →