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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 18 Dec 1790 to 10 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under censorship censorship Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under startups startups In tensionSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. With no truly free places left in theworld, freedom now depends on newtechnology creating new space, not onpolitical change. Last stated 18 years ago 13 Apr 2009 PT Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are In tension: Law is tied to geographic location, so the ability to easily change one's location is the ability to change which laws one lives under. — tap to centre the map on it Law is tied to geographic location,so the ability to easily changeone's location is the ability tochange which laws one lives under. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Jul 2026 BS Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do. — tap to centre the map on it Total freedom does not make youhappy; constraints do. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-08 — tap for who they are PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it Technological determinism is onlybelievable low down the tech tree;higher up we already choose whichpaths not to take. Last stated 6 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the tech tree will never be explored by anyone at all, which is exactly why the choice of which direction to explore matters so much. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the tech tree will never beexplored by anyone at all, which isexactly why the choice of whichdirection to explore matters somuch. Last stated 6 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mapping out exactly what will happen in uncertain times probably locks you out of trying new things; leaders should frame the chaos so it feels safe to engage with. — tap to centre the map on it Mapping out exactly what will happenin uncertain times probably locksyou out of trying new things;leaders should frame the chaos so itfeels safe to engage with. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 AV Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Digital worlds should carry fewer restrictions than the physical one, because acts that would do damage in reality do none there. — tap to centre the map on it Digital worlds should carry fewerrestrictions than the physical one,because acts that would do damage inreality do none there. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Sept 2023 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A discovery you can see your way through to is impossible to abandon, even out of a real fear that it will be misused. — tap to centre the map on it A discovery you can see your waythrough to is impossible to abandon,even out of a real fear that it willbe misused. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who want unoptimised, personal conversation have retreated from the open web into closed rooms, and that retreat is a real loss. — tap to centre the map on it People who want unoptimised,personal conversation have retreatedfrom the open web into closed rooms,and that retreat is a real loss. Last stated 4 years ago 31 Dec 2022 MA Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the US and China have substantial startup activity left; the rest of the world cannot really do startups. — tap to centre the map on it Only the US and China havesubstantial startup activity left;the rest of the world cannot reallydo startups. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Computers should allow users to install any software — tap to centre the map on it Computers should allow users toinstall any software Last stated 3 years ago 26 Jan 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it Only because control of productionis divided among many independentpeople does nobody have completepower over us FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners — tap to centre the map on it Private property is the mostimportant guarantee of freedom, forowners and scarcely less fornon-owners FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it The only rightful security ofproperty is the right to enjoy andbequeath what one's own talents andindustry acquired Last stated 236 years ago 18 Dec 1790 MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Forcing vaccines on people is a gross overreach of state power — tap to centre the map on it Forcing vaccines on people is agross overreach of state power Last stated 5 years ago 9 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Service companies should not be pushed to vet customers for political beliefs — tap to centre the map on it Service companies should not bepushed to vet customers forpolitical beliefs Last stated 4 years ago 29 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 18 years ago Holds Peter Thiel Read this korrent →