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← The state seems to exist only to secure civil interests such as life, liberty, health and property

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 25 Sept 2015 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The state seems to exist only to secure civil interests such as life, liberty, health and property The state seems to exist only to securecivil interests such as life, liberty,health and property JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is subject to the Creator before being a member of civil society — tap to centre the map on it A person is subject to the Creatorbefore being a member of civilsociety JM James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: The State's institutions are human expedients, not superior to citizens, and can be bettered — tap to centre the map on it The State's institutions are humanexpedients, not superior tocitizens, and can be bettered RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: The chief end of forming governments is the preservation of property — tap to centre the map on it The chief end of forming governmentsis the preservation of property JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom. — tap to centre the map on it Calling an intelligent, self-awarebeing legal property does notresolve whether it has an interestin freedom. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jul 2026 PS Peter Singer — holds since 2026-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A state is not property but a society that only it has the right to rule — tap to centre the map on it A state is not property but asociety that only it has the rightto rule IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: Liberty is the perfection of civil society, but authority is essential to its existence — tap to centre the map on it Liberty is the perfection of civilsociety, but authority is essentialto its existence DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Private property already does not exist for nine-tenths of people, and exists for the few because of that — tap to centre the map on it Private property already does notexist for nine-tenths of people, andexists for the few because of that KM Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are FE Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property will be secure when one person's wealth visibly benefits the general mass — tap to centre the map on it Property will be secure when oneperson's wealth visibly benefits thegeneral mass TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — 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 beingsentient 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 arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests 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 newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust 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: 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 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
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At the centre The state seems to exist only to secure civil interests such as life, liberty, health and property Last stated c. 1689 Holds John Locke Read this korrent →