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← Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom
17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 18 Sept 1895 to 24 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom
Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring — tap to centre the map on it
Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom — tap to centre the map on it
Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom
AT
Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Democratic peoples love equality more than freedom, and will demand it even in servitude — tap to centre the map on it
Democratic peoples love equality more than freedom, and will demand it even in servitude
AT
Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Women owe their liberty to no religion; their religious nature has always been perverted to subject them — tap to centre the map on it
Women owe their liberty to no religion; their religious nature has always been perverted to subject them
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How far women are degraded is as good a test as any of the state of domestic morals in a country — tap to centre the map on it
How far women are degraded is as good a test as any of the state of domestic morals in a country
HM
Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing — tap to centre the map on it
Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing
Last stated 131 years ago
18 Sept 1895
BW
Booker T. Washington — holds since 1895-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The yearning for equality comes from envy, and plans to satisfy it waste capital — tap to centre the map on it
The yearning for equality comes from envy, and plans to satisfy it waste capital
WS
William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both — tap to centre the map on it
Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both
AT
Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — 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 failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes
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 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.
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 very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing 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 $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
MS
M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
EB
Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
JZ
Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 3 months ago
13 Aug 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
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Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom
Last stated c. 1792
Holds Mary Wollstonecraft
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Similar wording
Not content with their physical advantage, men lower women further to make them merely alluring
Last stated c. 1792
Holds Mary Wollstonecraft
Similar wording
Alongside a healthy passion for equality, a depraved one prefers equality in slavery to unequal freedom
Last stated c. 1835
Holds Alexis de Tocqueville
Similar wording
Democratic peoples love equality more than freedom, and will demand it even in servitude
Last stated c. 1840
Holds Alexis de Tocqueville
Similar wording
Women owe their liberty to no religion; their religious nature has always been perverted to subject them
Last stated c. 1898
Holds Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Similar wording
How far women are degraded is as good a test as any of the state of domestic morals in a country
Last stated c. 1838
Holds Harriet Martineau
Similar wording
Agitating for social equality is folly; progress must come from constant struggle, not artificial forcing
Last stated 18 Sept 1895 · 131 years ago
Holds Booker T. Washington
Similar wording
The yearning for equality comes from envy, and plans to satisfy it waste capital
Last stated c. 1883
Holds William Graham Sumner
Similar wording
Trying to make the sexes equal by making them alike would degrade both
Last stated c. 1840
Holds Alexis de Tocqueville
Same subject: humility
A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes
Last stated 15 Jun 2012 · 14 years ago
Holds Ben Horowitz
Same subject: humility
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.
Last stated 2 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Marvin Schwaibold
Same subject: humility
A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Andy Madrick
Same subject: design
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds M.G. Siegler
Same subject: design
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ed Bayes
Same subject: design
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: AI slop
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: AI slop
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: AI slop
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 13 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Mitchell Hashimoto