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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 9 Sept 1656 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under government government Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under war war Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Using force to protect one neighbor from another can never be reliably justified Using force to protect one neighbor fromanother can never be reliably justified LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Force is uncertain, and if it fails no hope of reconciliation remains — tap to centre the map on it Force is uncertain, and if it failsno hope of reconciliation remains Last stated 252 years ago 22 Mar 1775 EB Edmund Burke — holds since 1775-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Violence cannot weaken truth, and truth cannot stop violence; each only strengthens or provokes the other — tap to centre the map on it Violence cannot weaken truth, andtruth cannot stop violence; eachonly strengthens or provokes theother Last stated 370 years ago 9 Sept 1656 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1656-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: An ICE officer’s earlier injury from being dragged by a car does not justify his later use of lethal force. — tap to centre the map on it An ICE officer’s earlier injury frombeing dragged by a car does notjustify his later use of lethalforce. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Jan 2026 EA Elliot Ackerman — holds since 2026-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: When the end is good, it will always excuse the violent means used to found a state — tap to centre the map on it When the end is good, it will alwaysexcuse the violent means used tofound a state NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disputes should be settled by discussion, resorting to force only when discussion is impossible — tap to centre the map on it Disputes should be settled bydiscussion, resorting to force onlywhen discussion is impossible CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Be careful wishing for a world with no war at all, because what would be required to enforce it might be worse than a little war. — tap to centre the map on it Be careful wishing for a world withno war at all, because what would berequired to enforce it might beworse than a little war. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coercion means deliberate interference by others in the area where one could otherwise act — tap to centre the map on it Coercion means deliberateinterference by others in the areawhere one could otherwise act IB Isaiah Berlin — holds since c. 1958–1969 — tap for who they are Same subject: People with privilege should use it to shield their neighbours. — tap to centre the map on it People with privilege should use itto shield their neighbours. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Mar 2025 MK Mary Robinette Kowal — holds since 2025-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Using force to protect one neighbor from another can never be reliably justified Last stated c. 1893–1894 Holds Leo Tolstoy Read this korrent →