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← The tighter a person's union with others, the smaller and more pitiful they become

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under team size team size Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The tighter a person's union with others, the smaller and more pitiful they become The tighter a person's union with others,the smaller and more pitiful they become RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more a person has within themselves, the less they want from other people — tap to centre the map on it The more a person has withinthemselves, the less they want fromother people AS Arthur Schopenhauer — holds since c. 1851 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who hold all property in common quarrel more than those who own it separately — tap to centre the map on it People who hold all property incommon quarrel more than those whoown it separately AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A larger republic makes it less likely a majority will unite to invade others' rights — tap to centre the map on it A larger republic makes it lesslikely a majority will unite toinvade others' rights Last stated 239 years ago 22 Nov 1787 JM James Madison — holds since 1787-11-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Becoming sociable and dependent on others makes a person weak, fearful and mean-spirited — tap to centre the map on it Becoming sociable and dependent onothers makes a person weak, fearfuland mean-spirited JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: In society people cannot avoid being divided into rich who command and poor who serve — tap to centre the map on it In society people cannot avoid beingdivided into rich who command andpoor who serve VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A group's quality inevitably declines as its membership grows without limit. — tap to centre the map on it A group's quality inevitablydeclines as its membership growswithout limit. Last stated 2 years ago 19 May 2024 SK Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2024-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Society gains nothing when people who have not reformed themselves try to reform things around them — tap to centre the map on it Society gains nothing when peoplewho have not reformed themselves tryto reform things around them RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the cowardto their own deeds by repudiatingthem once done; pangs of conscienceare indecent. Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely valuesintelligence is unprecedented inhuman history; the Bible, Homer andother ancient texts value strength,courage and beauty instead. Last stated 6 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificing members would defeat most other tribes, which is natural selection — tap to centre the map on it A tribe of loyal, self-sacrificingmembers would defeat most othertribes, which is natural selection CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The tighter a person's union with others, the smaller and more pitiful they become Last stated c. 1844 Holds Ralph Waldo Emerson Read this korrent →