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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 10 Jun 2016 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under education education Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Validated learning is not a story told after the fact to hide failure Validated learning is not a story toldafter the fact to hide failure ER Eric Ries — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a mistake is not the problem; not learning from mistakes is. — tap to centre the map on it Making a mistake is not the problem;not learning from mistakes is. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Sept 2022 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2022-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asserting the facts of good science, with the narrative that explains them, works where rebuttal may not — tap to centre the map on it Asserting the facts of good science,with the narrative that explainsthem, works where rebuttal may not Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Theories are not inevitable inductions from facts — tap to centre the map on it Theories are not inevitableinductions from facts SG Stephen Jay Gould — holds since c. 1981 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is not the brightest who succeed — tap to centre the map on it It is not the brightest who succeed MG Malcolm Gladwell — holds since c. 2008 — tap for who they are Same subject: Truth can still be validated, but finding it calls for far more humility about where it lies and how long validating it takes. — tap to centre the map on it Truth can still be validated, butfinding it calls for far morehumility about where it lies and howlong validating it takes. Last stated 4 years ago 2 Dec 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-12-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with. — tap to centre the map on it One good story outweighs a mountainof evidence, because most emotionscannot be argued with. Last stated 9 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: History teaches complexity rather than prediction: it can explain the mechanisms of change without licensing any claim about what comes next. — tap to centre the map on it History teaches complexity ratherthan prediction: it can explain themechanisms of change withoutlicensing any claim about what comesnext. Last stated 10 years ago 4 Jan 2017 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2017-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should not be expected to trust an AI system's outputs unless we know what it was trained on. — tap to centre the map on it We should not be expected to trustan AI system's outputs unless weknow what it was trained on. Last stated 3 years ago 8 Jan 2024 TC Tom Chatfield — holds since 2024-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A billboard buys only short, shallowawareness, so it does not work foreducation or for a startup beforeproduct-market fit. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 EK Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea. — tap to centre the map on it A clear explanation alone does notusually make people understand ascientific idea. Last stated 9 years ago 3 Dec 2017 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2017-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Validated learning is not a story told after the fact to hide failure Last stated c. 2011 Holds Eric Ries Read this korrent →