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← Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 16 May 2024 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under government government Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth Without being raised under right laws, itis hard to get a right training for virtuefrom youth AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: The founders who look unambitious are not: they have been trained by obedient upbringings to hide their ambition rather than lacking it. — tap to centre the map on it The founders who look unambitiousare not: they have been trained byobedient upbringings to hide theirambition rather than lacking it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Genghis Khan reached his laws through the practical experience of being hurt, never through ideology or the study of moral right. — tap to centre the map on it Genghis Khan reached his lawsthrough the practical experience ofbeing hurt, never through ideologyor the study of moral right. Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 JW Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Virtue should prevail and outward form be forgotten, yet people forget what matters and remember what does not — tap to centre the map on it Virtue should prevail and outwardform be forgotten, yet people forgetwhat matters and remember what doesnot ZH Zhuangzi — holds since c. 350–301 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Living in a certain way can foster a god-complex. — tap to centre the map on it Living in a certain way can foster agod-complex. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI alignment should be approached like governing a corporation through institutions, not like raising a virtuous individual. — tap to centre the map on it AI alignment should be approachedlike governing a corporation throughinstitutions, not like raising avirtuous individual. Last stated a month ago 21 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — 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 happy life is joy in the truth, which is joy in God — tap to centre the map on it A happy life is joy in the truth,which is joy in God AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it “Why now?” is the wrong question tomake a founder answer — the honestanswer can simply be that youstarted now. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 BS Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it A belief nobody else shares is awarning, and a belief everybodyshares is also a warning; the rightnumber of people who agree with youis small but not zero. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that grows enough eventually has no need for investors. — tap to centre the map on it A company that grows enougheventually has no need forinvestors. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first-time founder has an advantage over a repeat winner, because past success makes it too easy to raise money and hire against a big vision before there is product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it A first-time founder has anadvantage over a repeat winner,because past success makes it tooeasy to raise money and hire againsta big vision before there isproduct-market fit. Last stated 4 months ago 14 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 4 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth Last stated c. 367–322 BCE Holds Aristotle Read this korrent →