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13 connected korrents · 8 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 18 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about design.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Wanting to bring a building or a town to life is a fundamental human instinct Wanting to bring a building or a town tolife is a fundamental human instinct CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: The process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves — tap to centre the map on it The process that makes towns alivemust let their people shape rooms,houses, streets and churches forthemselves CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a central quality, objective and precise but nameless, that is the root criterion of life in buildings, towns and people — tap to centre the map on it There is a central quality,objective and precise but nameless,that is the root criterion of lifein buildings, towns and people CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: This is a once-in-a-civilization opportunity to have a vision and impose it on the world by building something. — tap to centre the map on it This is a once-in-a-civilizationopportunity to have a vision andimpose it on the world by buildingsomething. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Jul 2026 AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive — tap to centre the map on it Towns and buildings can only becomealive if all the people make them,sharing a common pattern languagethat is itself alive CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1977 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are natural-born creators, and creating is important to human satisfaction. — tap to centre the map on it People are natural-born creators,and creating is important to humansatisfaction. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — 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 Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: An unstarted, unresolved task is more mentally exhausting than almost any other kind of task. — tap to centre the map on it An unstarted, unresolved task ismore mentally exhausting than almostany other kind of task. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Wanting to bring a building or a town to life is a fundamental human instinct Last stated c. 1979 Holds Christopher Alexander Read this korrent →