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Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under America America Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The same people tend to line up on opposite sides across unrelated issues The same people tend to line up onopposite sides across unrelated issues TS Thomas Sowell — holds since c. 1987 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to believe that the average position of the opposing political side is more extreme than it actually is. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to believe that theaverage position of the opposingpolitical side is more extreme thanit actually is. Last stated a year ago 1 Oct 2025 MG Micah Goodman — holds since 2025-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: People almost always align their beliefs with their interests. — tap to centre the map on it People almost always align theirbeliefs with their interests. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most social and political divides come from different views on how to apply shared values, not from opposing values themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Most social and political dividescome from different views on how toapply shared values, not fromopposing values themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Different people can reason well and still arrive at very different beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it Different people can reason well andstill arrive at very differentbeliefs. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 JD Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people will choose comfort among like-minded individuals rather than face opposition — tap to centre the map on it Most people will choose comfortamong like-minded individuals ratherthan face opposition Last stated 5 years ago 18 Mar 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Meta's technical problems always seem to tilt the political field in the same direction. — tap to centre the map on it Meta's technical problems alwaysseem to tilt the political field inthe same direction. Last stated 6 days ago 26 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: National discourse on contentious issues and resulting policies would be very different if people better understood how attitudes have and have not changed. — tap to centre the map on it National discourse on contentiousissues and resulting policies wouldbe very different if people betterunderstood how attitudes have andhave not changed. Last stated 5 years ago 7 Mar 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-03-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The public's perception of elites is based on a correlation with people who hold positions one dislikes. — tap to centre the map on it The public's perception of elites isbased on a correlation with peoplewho hold positions one dislikes. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 JD Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-08-20 — 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 2 months 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 Same subject: Ideas that first circulate in private group chats often become mainstream public opinion. — tap to centre the map on it Ideas that first circulate inprivate group chats often becomemainstream public opinion. Last stated 2 years ago 19 May 2024 SK Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2024-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — 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 city should be as large as self-sufficiency needs but small enough for its rulers to oversee — tap to centre the map on it A city should be as large asself-sufficiency needs but smallenough for its rulers to oversee AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre The same people tend to line up on opposite sides across unrelated issues Last stated c. 1987 Holds Thomas Sowell Read this korrent →