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← There is no objective level of wealth: how rich you are is always a judgement made against someone else.

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 28 Dec 2019 to 28 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under education education Everything filed under journalism journalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: There is no objective level of wealth: how rich you are is always a judgement made against someone else. There is no objective level of wealth: howrich you are is always a judgement madeagainst someone else. Last stated 3 years ago 31 Jan 2024 MH Morgan Housel — holds since 2024-01-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wealth can be created rather than being a fixed amount, so one person doing well does not always come at someone else’s expense. — tap to centre the map on it Wealth can be created rather thanbeing a fixed amount, so one persondoing well does not always come atsomeone else’s expense. Last stated 3 years ago by 10 May 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-10 — 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 doesnot require great wealth — somebillionaires lack it while manyordinary people never lose it. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wealth is a positive-sum game: one person having a house does not stop anyone else from having one. — tap to centre the map on it Wealth is a positive-sum game: oneperson having a house does not stopanyone else from having one. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whatever a person's success or wealth, there is no excuse for wasting time. — tap to centre the map on it Whatever a person's success orwealth, there is no excuse forwasting time. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Apr 2024 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2024-04-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Individual appropriation of wealth is neither just nor useful; all belongs to all — tap to centre the map on it Individual appropriation of wealthis neither just nor useful; allbelongs to all PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone can become wealthy; it is merely a question of education and desire. — tap to centre the map on it Anyone can become wealthy; it ismerely a question of education anddesire. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Those who try to level society never make it equal, since some group must be on top — tap to centre the map on it Those who try to level society nevermake it equal, since some group mustbe on top EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: Data itself is objective, but the reading of it is never objective; it is always subjective. — tap to centre the map on it Data itself is objective, but thereading of it is never objective; itis always subjective. Last stated 6 months ago 12 May 2026 KB Katarina Batina — holds since 2026-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 beenperpetually 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 itsgovernment only when its poor arewell 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 earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH 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 becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS 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 allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre There is no objective level of wealth: how rich you are is always a judgement made against someone else. Last stated 31 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Morgan Housel Read this korrent →