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← Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 9 Aug 2022 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not Virtue should prevail and outward form beforgotten, yet people forget what mattersand remember what does not ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: People cannot expect others to care as deeply about the things they care about. — tap to centre the map on it People cannot expect others to careas deeply about the things they careabout. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Jul 2026 DM Dan Meyer — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The past is not something a maker should discard but something to draw on, and approaching it with humility is what lets the work come out distinct. — tap to centre the map on it The past is not something a makershould discard but something to drawon, and approaching it with humilityis what lets the work come outdistinct. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jun 2026 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2026-06-29 — 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: Do not take evil-doers or low people for friends; have the virtuous, the best of people, for friends — tap to centre the map on it Do not take evil-doers or low peoplefor friends; have the virtuous, thebest of people, for friends GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Respect is owed to those who lead minds by the force of truth, not to conquerors who enslave their fellow creatures — tap to centre the map on it Respect is owed to those who leadminds by the force of truth, not toconquerors who enslave their fellowcreatures VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — 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 2 weeks 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 8 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 really good product manager has to be very confident, often to the point of bordering on arrogance. — tap to centre the map on it A really good product manager has tobe very confident, often to thepoint of bordering on arrogance. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 PS Peter Sellis — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple is arrogant — tap to centre the map on it Apple is arrogant Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Argue like you are right and listen like you are wrong, with the humility to know what you do not know. — tap to centre the map on it Argue like you are right and listenlike you are wrong, with thehumility to know what you do notknow. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 3 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not Last stated c. 350–301 BCE Holds Zhuangzi Read this korrent →