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10 connected korrents · 8 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 28 Aug 2026.
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Read this korrent: Without music, life would be a mistake
Without music, life would be a mistake
Last stated 138 years ago
3 Sept 1888
FN
Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life would not be worth living if it were not full of surprises — tap to centre the map on it
Life would not be worth living if it were not full of surprises
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Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1844 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
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Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
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Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it
A deep life is a good life
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Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having no responsibilities can be harmful — tap to centre the map on it
Having no responsibilities can be harmful
Last stated 3 years ago
24 Dec 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having too little to do can be worse than having too much — tap to centre the map on it
Having too little to do can be worse than having too much
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Apr 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's. — tap to centre the map on it
Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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swyx — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 12 years ago
26 Jul 2014
GM
Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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