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17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 23 May 2006 to 13 Oct 2023.

Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under economists economists Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The world in our heads is not a precise replica of reality The world in our heads is not a precisereplica of reality DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: An imagined reality is not a lie — tap to centre the map on it An imagined reality is not a lie YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing to believe reality because it doesn't fit your mental model is an intellectual failure state — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to believe reality becauseit doesn't fit your mental model isan intellectual failure state Last stated 3 years ago 13 Oct 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is the totality of facts, not of things — tap to centre the map on it The world is the totality of facts,not of things LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are haunted by the images we have put in place of reality — tap to centre the map on it We are haunted by the images we haveput in place of reality DB Daniel J. Boorstin — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind is like an enchanted glass, distorting things unless it is corrected — tap to centre the map on it The human mind is like an enchantedglass, distorting things unless itis corrected FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1605 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human mind can grasp some things, but some things that really exist lie entirely beyond its reach — tap to centre the map on it The human mind can grasp somethings, but some things that reallyexist lie entirely beyond its reach MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suffering is not an objective condition in the outside world — tap to centre the map on it Suffering is not an objectivecondition in the outside world YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: Predicting or describing something is not the same as understanding it — tap to centre the map on it Predicting or describing somethingis not the same as understanding it DD David Deutsch — holds since c. 1997 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among the leading candidates for greatest economist of all time, Adam Smith was analytically the weakest, save perhaps Malthus. — tap to centre the map on it Among the leading candidates forgreatest economist of all time, AdamSmith was analytically the weakest,save perhaps Malthus. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inability to see the viewpoints of people unlike oneself is a genuine weakness in a social scientist, not merely a separate moral failing. — tap to centre the map on it An inability to see the viewpointsof people unlike oneself is agenuine weakness in a socialscientist, not merely a separatemoral failing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aspiring economists should take as many math and statistics courses as they can stomach — tap to centre the map on it Aspiring economists should take asmany math and statistics courses asthey can stomach Last stated 20 years ago 23 May 2006 GM Greg Mankiw — holds since 2006-05-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI would be short-sighted, giving up on the problem too early. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI would be short-sighted,giving up on the problem too early. Last stated 3 years ago 25 May 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A basic rule for better decisions is to slow down, especially when there is an immediate conviction. — tap to centre the map on it A basic rule for better decisions isto slow down, especially when thereis an immediate conviction. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The world in our heads is not a precise replica of reality Last stated c. 2011 Holds Daniel Kahneman Read this korrent →