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← To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under management management Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under agency agency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one To make a contented slave it is necessaryto make a thoughtless one FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving a slave's condition only increased his desire to be free — tap to centre the map on it Improving a slave's condition onlyincreased his desire to be free FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good — tap to centre the map on it Since the soul was made tocontemplate truth, keeping womenfrom knowledge is as cruel andunjust as keeping them from good MA Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating a person as a brute requires training in irresponsible power — tap to centre the map on it Treating a person as a bruterequires training in irresponsiblepower FD Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are Same subject: Work that is a burden and a slavery cannot produce art, only bare utility or sham — tap to centre the map on it Work that is a burden and a slaverycannot produce art, only bareutility or sham WM William Morris — holds since c. 1883–1888 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mind is a useful tool that has become the master instead of the servant. — tap to centre the map on it The mind is a useful tool that hasbecome the master instead of theservant. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Enlarging women's minds would end blind obedience, which is why tyrants keep women ignorant — tap to centre the map on it Enlarging women's minds would endblind obedience, which is whytyrants keep women ignorant MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: Some people are slaves by nature, and enslaving them is just where it benefits them — tap to centre the map on it Some people are slaves by nature,and enslaving them is just where itbenefits them AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A company owes its builders a moral contract: if they take the hill, leadership must work just as hard to unlock the value of what they built. — tap to centre the map on it A company owes its builders a moralcontract: if they take the hill,leadership must work just as hard tounlock the value of what they built. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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: "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire great people and get out oftheir way" is dangerous advice foranyone in a leadership role. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career goes better attached to the part of a business that brings the money in than to a cost centre, whatever the work itself is. — tap to centre the map on it A career goes better attached to thepart of a business that brings themoney in than to a cost centre,whatever the work itself is. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career ladder must not be a checklist that guarantees promotion, because a promotion depends on the organisation’s needs as much as on the employee’s skills. — tap to centre the map on it A career ladder must not be achecklist that guarantees promotion,because a promotion depends on theorganisation’s needs as much as onthe employee’s skills. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CF Camille Fournier — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one Last stated c. 1845 Holds Frederick Douglass Read this korrent →