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17 connected korrents · 12 moments from 3 Dec 2017 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 Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: We tend to think we know a little more than we actually do We tend to think we know a little morethan we actually do NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are Same subject: We overestimate how much we understand and underestimate the role of chance — tap to centre the map on it We overestimate how much weunderstand and underestimate therole of chance DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to think they understand the future better than they actually do — tap to centre the map on it People tend to think they understandthe future better than they actuallydo Last stated 4 years ago 3 Mar 2023 MM Michael Mauboussin — holds since 2023-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more we learn about the world, the clearer our knowledge of our own ignorance becomes — tap to centre the map on it The more we learn about the world,the clearer our knowledge of our ownignorance becomes KP Karl Popper — holds since c. 1963–1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans always believe they know more about the world, the universe, and themselves than they actually do. — tap to centre the map on it Humans always believe they know moreabout the world, the universe, andthemselves than they actually do. Last stated 5 months ago 29 May 2026 JP Joe Posnanski — holds since 2026-05-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: We sometimes think we understand a new idea when we have mistaken it for one we already knew. — tap to centre the map on it We sometimes think we understand anew idea when we have mistaken itfor one we already knew. Last stated 9 months ago 2 Feb 2026 RG Rebecca Newberger Goldstein — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are largely better at doing than at thinking, thanks to antifragility — tap to centre the map on it We are largely better at doing thanat thinking, thanks to antifragility NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2012 — tap for who they are Same subject: We know a good deal about how people actually learn, and almost nobody is ever taught it. — tap to centre the map on it We know a good deal about how peopleactually learn, and almost nobody isever taught it. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Jul 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are demonstrably arrogant about what we think we know — tap to centre the map on it We are demonstrably arrogant aboutwhat we think we know NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2007 — 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 We tend to think we know a little more than we actually do Last stated c. 2007 Holds Nassim Nicholas Taleb Read this korrent →