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← What moves a person to help a neighbour whose house is on fire is a wide instinct of human solidarity, not love

16 connected korrents · 13 moments from 22 Mar 1894 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under value investing value investing Everything filed under quantum mechanics quantum mechanics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What moves a person to help a neighbour whose house is on fire is a wide instinct of human solidarity, not love What moves a person to help a neighbourwhose house is on fire is a wide instinctof human solidarity, not love PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are not gentle creatures who only defend themselves; a strong desire for aggression is part of their instinctual endowment — tap to centre the map on it People are not gentle creatures whoonly defend themselves; a strongdesire for aggression is part oftheir instinctual endowment SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human society rests not on love or sympathy but on an awareness, even if only instinctive, of human solidarity — tap to centre the map on it Human society rests not on love orsympathy but on an awareness, evenif only instinctive, of humansolidarity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it Once our pity is aroused, joiningothers in preying on life insultsall that is good in us Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity — tap to centre the map on it Neither the centralized State norteachings of pitiless struggle coulduproot the feeling of humansolidarity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Opinions move by touching things, not by reading about them: nobody learns to drive a race car from a book. — tap to centre the map on it Opinions move by touching things,not by reading about them: nobodylearns to drive a race car from abook. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rebellion of the oppressed, always or nearly always as violent as the oppressors' initial violence, can initiate love — tap to centre the map on it The rebellion of the oppressed,always or nearly always as violentas the oppressors' initial violence,can initiate love PF Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to protect yourself from heartbreak and loss is more dangerous than trying to save another person. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to protect yourself fromheartbreak and loss is moredangerous than trying to saveanother person. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MP Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead. — tap to centre the map on it A society that intensely valuesintelligence is unprecedented inhuman history; the Bible, Homer andother ancient texts value strength,courage and beauty instead. Last stated 5 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: All great literature is about what a bummer it is to be a human being — tap to centre the map on it All great literature is about what abummer it is to be a human being Last stated 22 years ago 10 May 2004 KV Kurt Vonnegut — holds since 2004-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Courage is a morally neutral virtue, and whatever else is said of the September 11 attackers, they were not cowards — tap to centre the map on it Courage is a morally neutral virtue,and whatever else is said of theSeptember 11 attackers, they werenot cowards Last stated 25 years ago 16 Sept 2001 SS Susan Sontag — holds since 2001-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because itextrapolates past what we canobserve is methodologicallyrespectable and still a failure ofnerve. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yetsatisfactorily solved themeasurement problem and does notrestore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Sept 2023 SH Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop Chinafrom training frontier models; whatthey can do is cap how much AI Chinagets to run. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires. — tap to centre the map on it A company priced in the trillions isnot thereby overpriced; the test iswhat revenues and margins that priceactually requires. Last stated 10 months ago 3 Dec 2025 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A high, stable dividend yield gives a stock's valuation a downside floor that growth stocks without dividends lack. — tap to centre the map on it A high, stable dividend yield givesa stock's valuation a downside floorthat growth stocks without dividendslack. Last stated 7 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A margin of safety means paying a discount deep enough that being wrong about what a company is worth still leaves you whole. — tap to centre the map on it A margin of safety means paying adiscount deep enough that beingwrong about what a company is worthstill leaves you whole. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre What moves a person to help a neighbour whose house is on fire is a wide instinct of human solidarity, not love Last stated c. 1902 Holds Peter Kropotkin Read this korrent →