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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 14 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about Addiction .
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14 Sept 2026
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Heather Brooke — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A taste for sports perhaps reflects a boyish temperament and marks arrested moral development — tap to centre the map on it A taste for sports perhaps reflects a boyish temperament and marks arrested moral development
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Thorstein Veblen — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addiction can happen to anyone, through a subtle process whose bonds are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken — tap to centre the map on it Addiction can happen to anyone, through a subtle process whose bonds are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken Last stated 40 years ago
13 Jun 1986
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Charlie Munger — holds since 1986-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addiction is better understood as a symptom of trauma, social disconnection, depression or economic distress than as a disease in itself. — tap to centre the map on it Addiction is better understood as a symptom of trauma, social disconnection, depression or economic distress than as a disease in itself. Last stated 5 years ago
9 Jul 2021
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Michael Pollan — holds since 2021-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. — tap to centre the map on it Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. Last stated 10 years ago
5 Apr 2017
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Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addictions let you engage in fake play and fake work. — tap to centre the map on it Addictions let you engage in fake play and fake work. Last stated 6 years ago
12 Mar 2021
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. — tap to centre the map on it An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Breaking an addiction means changing your whole lifestyle, not only the physical habit. — tap to centre the map on it Breaking an addiction means changing your whole lifestyle, not only the physical habit. Last stated 6 years ago
12 Mar 2021
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
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Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners — tap to centre the map on it Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired Last stated 236 years ago
18 Dec 1790
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Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Climate breakdown is a planetary-scale symptom of underlying collective trauma from five hundred years of extractive colonial capitalism. — tap to centre the map on it Climate breakdown is a planetary-scale symptom of underlying collective trauma from five hundred years of extractive colonial capitalism. Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Peter Kalmus — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid. — tap to centre the map on it "The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid. Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
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Arielle Schwartz — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A substantial share of people's personalities, dispositions, and dysfunctions is genetically driven rather than purely a product of environment or trauma. — tap to centre the map on it A substantial share of people's personalities, dispositions, and dysfunctions is genetically driven rather than purely a product of environment or trauma. Last stated 3 years ago
22 Feb 2024
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Mark Manson — holds since 2024-02-22 — tap for who they are
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Turning a structural problem like addictive technology into an individual responsibility is the familiar trick of extractive capitalism.
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A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
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A taste for sports perhaps reflects a boyish temperament and marks arrested moral development
Last stated c. 1899
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Addiction can happen to anyone, through a subtle process whose bonds are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken
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Addiction is better understood as a symptom of trauma, social disconnection, depression or economic distress than as a disease in itself.
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Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.
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Addictions let you engage in fake play and fake work.
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An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Holds
Breaking an addiction means changing your whole lifestyle, not only the physical habit.
Holds
A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price.
Holds
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
Last stated c. 1962
Holds
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Holds
Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
Last stated c. 1944
Holds
Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
Last stated c. 1944
Holds
The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
Holds
Climate breakdown is a planetary-scale symptom of underlying collective trauma from five hundred years of extractive colonial capitalism.
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"The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid.
Holds
A substantial share of people's personalities, dispositions, and dysfunctions is genetically driven rather than purely a product of environment or trauma.
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