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Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Understanding the causes of progress is a moral imperative, because progress is neither automatic nor guaranteed to continue. Understanding the causes of progress is amoral imperative, because progress isneither automatic nor guaranteed tocontinue. Last stated 7 years ago 7 Sept 2019 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2019-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Producing moral, not just technological, progress requires introducing new moral premises that invert what people previously believed. — tap to centre the map on it Producing moral, not justtechnological, progress requiresintroducing new moral premises thatinvert what people previouslybelieved. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Two centuries of progress were a trend with real causes rather than a fluke, and can continue far into the future. — tap to centre the map on it Two centuries of progress were atrend with real causes rather than afluke, and can continue far into thefuture. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Sept 2020 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress is not natural or automatic: it happens only while people believe it is possible and desirable, and it can stop. — tap to centre the map on it Progress is not natural orautomatic: it happens only whilepeople believe it is possible anddesirable, and it can stop. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Sept 2020 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The price of progress in civilization is paid in lost happiness, through a heightened sense of guilt — tap to centre the map on it The price of progress incivilization is paid in losthappiness, through a heightenedsense of guilt SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nothing is expedient unless it is morally right; a thing is expedient because it is right, not the reverse — tap to centre the map on it Nothing is expedient unless it ismorally right; a thing is expedientbecause it is right, not the reverse CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Progress means getting nearer where you want to be, so after a wrong turning going forward brings you no nearer — tap to centre the map on it Progress means getting nearer whereyou want to be, so after a wrongturning going forward brings you nonearer CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: Saving time and labour has become an unexamined imperative rather than a judgement made case by case. — tap to centre the map on it Saving time and labour has become anunexamined imperative rather than ajudgement made case by case. Last stated 3 years ago 12 May 2023 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2023-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human social cooperation is fundamentally norm-governed rather than purely consequentialist. — tap to centre the map on it Human social cooperation isfundamentally norm-governed ratherthan purely consequentialist. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change tosociety in a very long time, perhapsever. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Understanding the causes of progress is a moral imperative, because progress is neither automatic nor guaranteed to continue. Last stated 7 Sept 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Jason Crawford Read this korrent →