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Read this korrent: The vast power of the extremely wealthy stems from the vast concentration of wealth in their hands.
The vast power of the extremely wealthy stems from the vast concentration of wealth in their hands.
Last stated today
2 Nov 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-11-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many people with great wealth and power are almost completely cut off from the world. — tap to centre the map on it
Many people with great wealth and power are almost completely cut off from the world.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Oct 2026
TS
Timothy Snyder — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Deference to the rich and powerful comes more from admiring them than from hoping to benefit — tap to centre the map on it
Deference to the rich and powerful comes more from admiring them than from hoping to benefit
AS
Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Power in history comes only partly from knowing the truth, and also from keeping social order among many people — tap to centre the map on it
Power in history comes only partly from knowing the truth, and also from keeping social order among many people
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Possession of great wealth and authority engenders an instinct for the violent defense of that wealth. — tap to centre the map on it
Possession of great wealth and authority engenders an instinct for the violent defense of that wealth.
Last stated 6 months ago
7 May 2026
MB
Mandy Brown — holds since 2026-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Great achievers' powers were the fruit of intense labour; genetics seemed to play only a minor role — tap to centre the map on it
Great achievers' powers were the fruit of intense labour; genetics seemed to play only a minor role
Last stated 14 years ago
1 Oct 2012
RG
Robert Greene — holds since 2012-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every past civilization was destroyed by growing inequality of wealth and power, and ours shows the same trend — tap to centre the map on it
Every past civilization was destroyed by growing inequality of wealth and power, and ours shows the same trend
HG
Henry George — holds since c. 1877–1880 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Contentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it. — tap to centre the map on it
Contentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once wealth became a function of commerce rather than land, who is rich and powerful became mostly a question of how industrialised a country is. — tap to centre the map on it
Once wealth became a function of commerce rather than land, who is rich and powerful became mostly a question of how industrialised a country is.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
SP
Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown.
Last stated 3 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline.
Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JC
James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it
A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology.
Last stated 5 months ago
11 Jun 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — 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 been perpetually 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 its government only when its poor are well 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 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 earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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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 because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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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 all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2012 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are