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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 12 Jun 2005 to 5 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What to work on is found by asking what you are excessively curious about — curious to a degree that would bore most other people. What to work on is found by asking whatyou are excessively curious about —curious to a degree that would bore mostother people. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Be professionally curious about a few topics and idly curious about many more. — tap to centre the map on it Be professionally curious about afew topics and idly curious aboutmany more. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way to work out what to work on is by working: if you do not know, guess, but pick something and get going. — tap to centre the map on it The way to work out what to work onis by working: if you do not know,guess, but pick something and getgoing. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Jul 2023 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2023-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your innate talents, curiosity and passion, not by training for the hottest job. — tap to centre the map on it Specific knowledge is found bypursuing your innate talents,curiosity and passion, not bytraining for the hottest job. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do; if you have not found it, keep looking and do not settle. — tap to centre the map on it The only way to be truly satisfiedis to do what you believe is greatwork, and the only way to do greatwork is to love what you do; if youhave not found it, keep looking anddo not settle. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way to find a hit is to experiment a lot, not to polish. — tap to centre the map on it The way to find a hit is toexperiment a lot, not to polish. Last stated 13 years ago 18 Dec 2013 TS Tynan Sylvester — holds since 2013-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it You want to force yourself not todelegate all of your thinking to thetool, and to use it in a way thatexpands ideas and magnifiescuriosity. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way to find useful ideas is to search for useful ideas, not to follow whatever fascinates you and hope it turns out useful. — tap to centre the map on it The way to find useful ideas is tosearch for useful ideas, not tofollow whatever fascinates you andhope it turns out useful. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Mar 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Certain types of problems lead to interesting discoveries while others do not. — tap to centre the map on it Certain types of problems lead tointeresting discoveries while othersdo not. Last stated 2 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — 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 What to work on is found by asking what you are excessively curious about — curious to a degree that would bore most other people. Last stated 1 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Paul Graham Read this korrent →