Camilo Moreno-Salamanca
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Camilo Moreno-Salamanca
Duolingo Duel - My intense weekend of Duolingo competition with some random dude
“Friday comes and I decide that beating Harrow984306 in the Duolingo Silver League was going to become my life’s mission. Figuring out my future could wait. I had a league to win.
I proceeded to barrel through more lessons fast and furious. I learned colors, questions, a
... See moreDiego Saez Gil: The Zen Tree Hugger - Piece profiling the CEO of Pachama, Diego Saez Gil
“In his own variation of Eat, Pray, Love, Diego went to the Amazon and spent time in a Buddhist Monastery in Thailand. It was in the Amazon that Diego observed deforestation first hand; the scene left an indelible impression.
The pieces of a dreadful puzzle
... See moreNew York Observations - Reflections upon my return to New York for the Thesis Conference in 2023 and not hating it.
I’ve finally understood the frantic energy of this city. NYC does not reward meandering. It demands intention. And intention requires energy. That said, I’m not sure this is a good city to “take a break,” but it’s a good city to “figur
Dissecting the Dissector - A piece profiling Cole Cuchna creator of the Dissect podcast
“I didn’t move an inch for the next 78 minutes. No work got done. When the psychedelic notes of Wesley’s Theory penetrated my conscience, I was covered in goosebumps and possessed by the verses. I don’t remember many moments of sustained, enraptured attention in
... See moreThe Power of Journaling - “How-to” piece to get people started with their journaling habit.
“Staring at a blank page awaiting your most intimate thoughts is terrifying. You know what’s worse? Letting those thoughts live rent free in your mind, fueling your inner critic, robbing you of the joy that is your birthright.
Eventually, I saw journalin
... See moreBook Chugging - Piece that explores the dynamic behind chugging books and offers an alternative.
“Combine this with our hyper-productivity culture today where speed and output are the key metrics by which we need to do everything. All of sudden my internal dialogue started looking like this:
‘Read more! Read more! Read more! Chug! Chug! Chug!’
I
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Story about collective power
Data from Gallup and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Americans are reading fewer books and spending less time reading than ever.
There's been reporting on college kids struggling to finish longer texts. And last month, in a viral post, one user lamented their loss of concentration for reading, which led to a larger online discourse about how to approach books again.
All it did was marginally improve the experience of one 15-minute block of time. But life is just a long set of 15-minute blocks, one after another. The way we spend our minutes is the way we spend our decades. “No amount of research that I’ve done has changed my life more than this,” Epley told me. “It’s not that I’m never lonely. It’s that my mom... See more