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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 27 Oct 1787 to 22 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about ambition.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty The vigor of government is essential tothe security of liberty Last stated 239 years ago 27 Oct 1787 AH Alexander Hamilton — holds since 1787-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder needs ambition rather thana sense of duty, because a startupis grueling enough that dutifulnesswill not carry anyone through it. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: After a year or more of building for velocity, the next year will probably be won on ambition instead. — tap to centre the map on it After a year or more of building forvelocity, the next year willprobably be won on ambition instead. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 CV Claire Vo — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition in founders is mostly inborn, which is why stories of a founder acquiring it during a batch are rare. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition in founders is mostlyinborn, which is why stories of afounder acquiring it during a batchare rare. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition must be set against ambition so that each branch resists the others — tap to centre the map on it Ambition must be set againstambition so that each branch resiststhe others Last stated 239 years ago 6 Feb 1788 JM James Madison — holds since 1788-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition should be measured in the eyes of your customer rather than your peers, which means being willing to take the best ideas wherever you find them. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition should be measured in theeyes of your customer rather thanyour peers, which means beingwilling to take the best ideaswherever you find them. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambitions to contribute to many disciplines today are probably unrealistic. — tap to centre the map on it Ambitions to contribute to manydisciplines today are probablyunrealistic. Last stated 9 years ago 20 Aug 2017 DE David Edmonds — holds since 2017-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambitious people are more likely to ruin their lives through overcommitment than through laziness. — tap to centre the map on it Ambitious people are more likely toruin their lives throughovercommitment than throughlaziness. Last stated 9 months ago 18 Jan 2026 AA Ali Abdaal — holds since 2026-01-18 — 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 democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it A democracy should never let all itsinformation concentrate in one hub,government or corporate YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A great danger of democracy is class legislation serving the dominant class — tap to centre the map on it A great danger of democracy is classlegislation serving the dominantclass JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861 — tap for who they are Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it A healthy democracy engages withprotesters to hear their claims Last stated 5 years ago 9 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it A longer average debt maturityprotects a government from temporaryinterest-rate spikes and gives itmore time to adjust to permanentrate increases. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty Last stated 27 Oct 1787 · 239 years ago Holds Alexander Hamilton Read this korrent →