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← Wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions; judgment is wisdom applied to external problems.

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 13 May 2007 to 17 Jul 2025.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions; judgment is wisdom applied to external problems. Wisdom is knowing the long-termconsequences of your actions; judgment iswisdom applied to external problems. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wisdom is discerning what is true in whatever one learns, from whoever says it — tap to centre the map on it Wisdom is discerning what is true inwhatever one learns, from whoeversays it TH Thiruvalluvar — holds since c. 450–500 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring wisdom is a moral duty and not only something done to advance in life — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring wisdom is a moral duty andnot only something done to advancein life Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — 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: Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good — tap to centre the map on it Fearing death is a pretence ofwisdom; no one knows whether deathmay be the greatest good SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge means holding that you know what you know and admitting that you do not know what you do not — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge means holding that youknow what you know and admittingthat you do not know what you do not CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Wisdom is not tied to any field or discipline. — tap to centre the map on it Wisdom is not tied to any field ordiscipline. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Judgment starts from specific reasoning and, once refined enough, becomes taste or intuition. — tap to centre the map on it Judgment starts from specificreasoning and, once refined enough,becomes taste or intuition. Last stated a year ago 17 Jul 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-07-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Long-term thinking is a lever that makes problems solvable which are impossible on a short horizon, and five years is already past most institutions' limit. — tap to centre the map on it Long-term thinking is a lever thatmakes problems solvable which areimpossible on a short horizon, andfive years is already past mostinstitutions' limit. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — 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 good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — 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 Wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions; judgment is wisdom applied to external problems. Last stated 28 Dec 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Naval Ravikant Read this korrent →