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← Virtue is uncommon excellence, not the ordinary decency most people manage

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 13 May 2007 to 26 May 2026.

Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Virtue is uncommon excellence, not the ordinary decency most people manage Virtue is uncommon excellence, not theordinary decency most people manage AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge and virtue are different things, and intellectual refinement is not moral goodness — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge and virtue are differentthings, and intellectual refinementis not moral goodness JN John Henry Newman — holds since c. 1852–1890 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral virtue is a settled habit of preferring a good life to a good time — tap to centre the map on it Moral virtue is a settled habit ofpreferring a good life to a goodtime MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being moral means obeying ancient law and inherited custom — tap to centre the map on it Being moral means obeying ancientlaw and inherited custom FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: No moral virtue arises in us by nature — tap to centre the map on it No moral virtue arises in us bynature AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not — tap to centre the map on it Virtue should prevail and outwardform be forgotten, yet people forgetwhat matters and remember what doesnot ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The highest excellence is like water, which benefits all things and takes the low place without striving — tap to centre the map on it The highest excellence is likewater, which benefits all things andtakes the low place without striving LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Honesty is not just virtuous but scalable: a culture that defaults to truth avoids the drag of suspicion. — tap to centre the map on it Honesty is not just virtuous butscalable: a culture that defaults totruth avoids the drag of suspicion. Last stated a year ago 23 Oct 2025 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2025-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where there is no common power there is no law, and where no law, no injustice; in war, force and fraud are the cardinal virtues — tap to centre the map on it Where there is no common power thereis no law, and where no law, noinjustice; in war, force and fraudare the cardinal virtues TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Virtue is uncommon excellence, not the ordinary decency most people manage Last stated c. 1759–1777 Holds Adam Smith Read this korrent →