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← There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 3 Nov 2008 to 16 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under design design Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. There are no small efforts: every positiveeffort to help others is meaningful. Last stated 4 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PS Patti Smith — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: If everyone does only a little to help solve a big problem, the collective result will still be only a little. — tap to centre the map on it If everyone does only a little tohelp solve a big problem, thecollective result will still be onlya little. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is easy to feel that we can just do all the things, but the question is whether it is worth doing and whether you feel proud of the output. — tap to centre the map on it It is easy to feel that we can justdo all the things, but the questionis whether it is worth doing andwhether you feel proud of theoutput. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate advocates should ask people to take helpful actions rather than offer them existential dread without a way to act. — tap to centre the map on it Climate advocates should ask peopleto take helpful actions rather thanoffer them existential dread withouta way to act. Last stated a year ago 29 Sept 2025 AM Arkady Martine — holds since 2025-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Purpose is not an achievement or end goal but what a person brings to whatever they do. — tap to centre the map on it Purpose is not an achievement or endgoal but what a person brings towhatever they do. Last stated 2 weeks ago 16 Oct 2026 ED Elizabeth Day — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything people have ever wanted to do with software is now possible. — tap to centre the map on it Everything people have ever wantedto do with software is now possible. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot keep making things better by adding to them; you must prune. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot keep making things betterby adding to them; you must prune. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate. — tap to centre the map on it It is good that the search forunderstanding will never end, sincethere will always be new discovery;without it we would stagnate. SH Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. Last stated 28 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Patti Smith Read this korrent →