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← Things do not have to change the world to be important.
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1996 to 18 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under ambition
ambition
Everything filed under behavioural science
behavioural science
Everything filed under benchmarks
benchmarks
Everything filed under the cloud
the cloud
Everything filed under agency
agency
Everything filed under America
America
Everything filed under design
design
Everything filed under courage
courage
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Read this korrent: Things do not have to change the world to be important.
Things do not have to change the world to be important.
Last stated 31 years ago
1 Feb 1996
SJ
Steve Jobs — holds since 1996-02-01 — 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: People cannot expect others to care as deeply about the things they care about. — tap to centre the map on it
People cannot expect others to care as deeply about the things they care about.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
DM
Dan Meyer — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When a benchmark disagrees with what people actually adopt, what it is telling you is that the thing it measures does not matter. — tap to centre the map on it
When a benchmark disagrees with what people actually adopt, what it is telling you is that the thing it measures does not matter.
Last stated a month ago
3 Sept 2026
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no magic that can change the fundamental fact that if you need all the computing cycles of a computer, you ought to own that computer — tap to centre the map on it
There is no magic that can change the fundamental fact that if you need all the computing cycles of a computer, you ought to own that computer
Last stated 4 years ago
27 Feb 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-02-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Raising your tolerance for change and being willing to embrace it is very important. — tap to centre the map on it
Raising your tolerance for change and being willing to embrace it is very important.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
AV
Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America can turn things around — tap to centre the map on it
America can turn things around
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Aug 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The web does not have to be as complicated as it has become — tap to centre the map on it
The web does not have to be as complicated as it has become
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Few people have the courage to admit that their life and work are not that complicated. — tap to centre the map on it
Few people have the courage to admit that their life and work are not that complicated.
Last stated 2 years ago
24 Aug 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-24 — 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're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 8 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 closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
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 pace sustainably without constant overwork 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: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not
Last stated 11 years ago
27 May 2015
NP
Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 6 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it
An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
GR
Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest — tap to centre the map on it
A life spent without taking bets on being early on an idea is one not lived to the fullest
Last stated 2 years ago
8 Jun 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-06-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase — tap to centre the map on it
Clear, hierarchical goals turn a random walk into a chase
MC
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle — tap to centre the map on it
Every company eventually must fight for its life instead of running from the battle
Last stated 15 years ago
13 Nov 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-11-13 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1996 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are