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← To have fun in life, one should stop avoiding risk and uncertainty.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 31 Oct 2014 to 31 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: To have fun in life, one should stop avoiding risk and uncertainty. To have fun in life, one should stopavoiding risk and uncertainty. Last stated yesterday 31 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Happiness does not lie in amusement — tap to centre the map on it Happiness does not lie in amusement AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should take risks without putting itself at risk, and not bet the farm unless it has to. — tap to centre the map on it A company should take risks withoutputting itself at risk, and not betthe farm unless it has to. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Feb 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2026-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wondering whether your product will ever be a thing is a dangerous thought, because there is no point at which you would stop second-guessing yourself. — tap to centre the map on it Wondering whether your product willever be a thing is a dangerousthought, because there is no pointat which you would stopsecond-guessing yourself. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do. — tap to centre the map on it Total freedom does not make youhappy; constraints do. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-08 — tap for who they are PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Uncertainty is good for things — tap to centre the map on it Uncertainty is good for things Last stated 12 years ago 31 Oct 2014 SK Stephen King — holds since 2014-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people are probably too risk-averse, and writing out the worst outcomes shows they are not that bad. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are probably toorisk-averse, and writing out theworst outcomes shows they are notthat bad. Last stated 3 years ago by 27 Dec 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-12-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: What activities feel fun varies significantly from person to person. — tap to centre the map on it What activities feel fun variessignificantly from person to person. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fun can be a product's differentiator, even when the team thinks that is an absurd thing to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it Fun can be a product'sdifferentiator, even when the teamthinks that is an absurd thing tocompete on. Last stated a year ago 16 Oct 2025 DF Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A venture capital "regatta", where most of the race happens before the Series A, is replacing the VC factory model. — tap to centre the map on it A venture capital "regatta", wheremost of the race happens before theSeries A, is replacing the VCfactory model. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Dec 2024 SL Sam Lessin — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre To have fun in life, one should stop avoiding risk and uncertainty. Last stated 31 Oct 2026 · yesterday Holds François Chollet Read this korrent →