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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 18 Jan 1892 to 27 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Treating a person as a brute requires training in irresponsible power
Treating a person as a brute requires training in irresponsible power
FD
Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Men may be physically stronger, but women are not mentally or morally weaker — tap to centre the map on it
Men may be physically stronger, but women are not mentally or morally weaker
SG
Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are
Same subject: To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one — tap to centre the map on it
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one
FD
Frederick Douglass — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them — tap to centre the map on it
Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them
TJ
Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You cannot optimise your way out of a dilemma; you need people trained to live inside one. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot optimise your way out of a dilemma; you need people trained to live inside one.
Last stated 4 months ago
6 Jul 2026
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Luciano Floridi — holds since 2026-07-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating optional, contributory medical authority as mandatory and overriding erodes people's capacity to cope with suffering through non-medical means. — tap to centre the map on it
Treating optional, contributory medical authority as mandatory and overriding erodes people's capacity to cope with suffering through non-medical means.
Last stated a month ago
19 Sept 2026
AA
Awais Aftab — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A woman trained to dependence, with no resources in herself, will fail in any position — tap to centre the map on it
A woman trained to dependence, with no resources in herself, will fail in any position
Last stated 135 years ago
18 Jan 1892
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since 1892-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No job or boss protects you any more; self-reliance and expressing individuality are the only way to power — tap to centre the map on it
No job or boss protects you any more; self-reliance and expressing individuality are the only way to power
RG
Robert Greene — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out — tap to centre the map on it
What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out
MA
Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — 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 a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue 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 and wartime 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 good commercial 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
Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 13 years ago
2 Oct 2013
JS
Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 2 years ago
11 Sept 2024
SM
Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it
Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round.
Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — 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 1892 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