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Read this korrent: Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person.
Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
MP
Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared — tap to centre the map on it
A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared
NM
Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who believe themselves incapable of harm are more dangerous than those who recognize and fear their own capacity for it. — tap to centre the map on it
People who believe themselves incapable of harm are more dangerous than those who recognize and fear their own capacity for it.
Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
GS
Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. — tap to centre the map on it
A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
TR
Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment. — tap to centre the map on it
Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment.
Last stated 10 months ago
5 Dec 2025
MM
Mark Manson — holds since 2025-12-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are — tap to centre the map on it
The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are
VF
Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If AI is risky like fire, everyone should have it; if it is risky like a nuclear weapon, no one should. — tap to centre the map on it
If AI is risky like fire, everyone should have it; if it is risky like a nuclear weapon, no one should.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Sept 2026
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people are fundamentally good, which makes the risk of trusting them worth taking. — tap to centre the map on it
Most people are fundamentally good, which makes the risk of trusting them worth taking.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Mar 2024
MM
Mark Manson — holds since 2024-03-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The risk of succumbing to the rigor mortis of success is usually far greater than the risk of making a mistake by not considering and mitigating all possible bad outcomes up front — tap to centre the map on it
The risk of succumbing to the rigor mortis of success is usually far greater than the risk of making a mistake by not considering and mitigating all possible bad outcomes up front
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Jul 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-07-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it
A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 May 2026
DR
David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being — tap to centre the map on it
All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being
Last stated 22 years ago
10 May 2004
KV
Kurt Vonnegut — holds since 2004-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Courage is a morally neutral virtue, and whatever else is said of the September 11 attackers, they were not cowards — tap to centre the map on it
Courage is a morally neutral virtue, and whatever else is said of the September 11 attackers, they were not cowards
Last stated 25 years ago
16 Sept 2001
SS
Susan Sontag — holds since 2001-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
SC
Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Last stated 3 years ago
21 Sept 2023
SH
Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
NL
Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best time to invest is when professional money managers are too fearful to act and the public is gripped by fear and anger. — tap to centre the map on it
The best time to invest is when professional money managers are too fearful to act and the public is gripped by fear and anger.
Last stated 10 months ago
10 Dec 2025
JZ
Jason Zweig — holds since 2025-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires. — tap to centre the map on it
A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires.
Last stated 10 months ago
3 Dec 2025
AD
Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack. — tap to centre the map on it
A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack.
Last stated 7 months ago
3 Mar 2026
SB
Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
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Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Maria Popova
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Similar wording
A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared
Last stated c. 1513–1514
Holds Niccolò Machiavelli
Similar wording
People who believe themselves incapable of harm are more dangerous than those who recognize and fear their own capacity for it.
Last stated 8 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Guy Spier
Similar wording
A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment.
Last stated 13 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Terry Real
Similar wording
Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment.
Last stated 5 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Mark Manson
Similar wording
The more a person forgets themselves in a cause or in love for someone, the more human they are
Last stated c. 1962–1992
Holds Viktor Frankl
Similar wording
If AI is risky like fire, everyone should have it; if it is risky like a nuclear weapon, no one should.
Last stated 16 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
Similar wording
Most people are fundamentally good, which makes the risk of trusting them worth taking.
Last stated 9 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Mark Manson
Similar wording
The risk of succumbing to the rigor mortis of success is usually far greater than the risk of making a mistake by not considering and mitigating all possible bad outcomes up front
Last stated 20 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: courage
A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead.
Last stated 8 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Reich
Same subject: courage
All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being
Last stated 10 May 2004 · 22 years ago
Holds Kurt Vonnegut
Same subject: courage
Courage is a morally neutral virtue, and whatever else is said of the September 11 attackers, they were not cowards
Last stated 16 Sept 2001 · 25 years ago
Holds Susan Sontag
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sean Carroll
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality.
Last stated 21 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Sabine Hossenfelder
Same subject: quantum mechanics
Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run.
Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Nathan Lambert
Same subject: value investing
The best time to invest is when professional money managers are too fearful to act and the public is gripped by fear and anger.
Last stated 10 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Jason Zweig
Same subject: value investing
A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires.
Last stated 3 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Aswath Damodaran
Same subject: value investing
A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack.
Last stated 3 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Sanjay Bakshi