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← The rule of custom is everywhere the standing obstacle to human progress

14 connected korrents · 9 moments from 15 Jun 2012 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under government government Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The rule of custom is everywhere the standing obstacle to human progress The rule of custom is everywhere thestanding obstacle to human progress JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy in the proper sense is necessarily a form of despotism — tap to centre the map on it Democracy in the proper sense isnecessarily a form of despotism IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rejecting every certainty but one's own is zealotry, and issuing contradictory decrees on whim is despotism — tap to centre the map on it Rejecting every certainty but one'sown is zealotry, and issuingcontradictory decrees on whim isdespotism Last stated 11 years ago 12 Oct 2015 KS Kathryn Schulz — holds since 2015-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Custom is the great guide of human life; it alone makes experience useful by leading us to expect the future to resemble the past — tap to centre the map on it Custom is the great guide of humanlife; it alone makes experienceuseful by leading us to expect thefuture to resemble the past DH David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are Same subject: Non-resistance to evil by force is what every despotism fears most — tap to centre the map on it Non-resistance to evil by force iswhat every despotism fears most LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every restraint on liberty beyond what justice needs is a degree of slavery — tap to centre the map on it Every restraint on liberty beyondwhat justice needs is a degree ofslavery LS Lysander Spooner — holds since c. 1867–1870 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The rule of custom is everywhere the standing obstacle to human progress Last stated c. 1859 Holds John Stuart Mill Read this korrent →