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17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 15 Jun 2012 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under war war Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The world is the totality of facts, not of things The world is the totality of facts, not ofthings LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world is everything that is the case — tap to centre the map on it The world is everything that is thecase LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Science is not truth, it's a process for discovering and refining the truth — tap to centre the map on it The Science is not truth, it's aprocess for discovering and refiningthe truth Last stated 4 years ago 14 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The universe is transformation, and life is opinion — tap to centre the map on it The universe is transformation, andlife is opinion MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Facts deployed as weapons in an argument can win the exchange without settling the disagreement. — tap to centre the map on it Facts deployed as weapons in anargument can win the exchangewithout settling the disagreement. Last stated 8 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world of the happy is quite another than the world of the unhappy — tap to centre the map on it The world of the happy is quiteanother than the world of theunhappy LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: How the world is does not matter to what is higher; God does not reveal himself in the world — tap to centre the map on it How the world is does not matter towhat is higher; God does not revealhimself in the world LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: The sense of the world must lie outside the world; within the world there is no value — tap to centre the map on it The sense of the world must lieoutside the world; within the worldthere is no value LW Ludwig Wittgenstein — holds since c. 1921 — tap for who they are Same subject: This world is enemy-occupied territory — tap to centre the map on it This world is enemy-occupiedterritory CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 6 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — 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 a month ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — 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 2 weeks 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 a month ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competent, empowered civil service that performs crucial government functions with in-house expertise is good. — tap to centre the map on it A competent, empowered civil servicethat performs crucial governmentfunctions with in-house expertise isgood. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The world is the totality of facts, not of things Last stated c. 1921 Holds Ludwig Wittgenstein Read this korrent →