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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 20 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under family family Everything filed under attitude change attitude change 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: Virtues are best learnt at home if a mother will give her time to the task Virtues are best learnt at home if amother will give her time to the task MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — 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: 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: Good works should be taught, but not done to seek justification by them — tap to centre the map on it Good works should be taught, but notdone to seek justification by them ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: If babies would be better off partly in others' care, mothers have a duty to provide it — tap to centre the map on it If babies would be better off partlyin others' care, mothers have a dutyto provide it CG Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son — tap to centre the map on it Property should circulate, dividedmore equally among a family'schildren, rather than entrenched byinheritance of the eldest son Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — 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: Rest is preferable to labour, and we should learn how to use leisure, not spend it in play — tap to centre the map on it Rest is preferable to labour, and weshould learn how to use leisure, notspend it in play AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth — tap to centre the map on it Without being raised under rightlaws, it is hard to get a righttraining for virtue from youth AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — 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 months 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 liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — 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 5 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 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Virtues are best learnt at home if a mother will give her time to the task Last stated c. 1787 Holds Mary Wollstonecraft Read this korrent →