Camilo Moreno-Salamanca
@camilo
Camilo Moreno-Salamanca
In 2020, the philosopher and writer Andrew Taggart observed in an essay published in the religious journal First Things that a new flavor of masculinity seemed to be emerging: strong, obsessed with personal optimization, and proudly alone. Men and women alike have been delaying family formation; the median age at first marriage for men recently su... See more
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
“Friendship isn’t constantly put at risk by sexual practices, by how much danger there is in the mixture of lofty emotions and the pressure of bodies to give and be given pleasure.
It’s true that today, from what I can see, sexual friendship is increasingly widespread (in Italian, I’ve sometimes heard the lighthearted neologism trombamico, or “frien
So, all of a sudden, now, we are releasing this product. I think it's very important, if you're an entrepreneur, to realize it's not just about the product. It's not just about sales. It's not just about marketing. It's not just about accounting. It's not just about your investors. It's not just about your employees.
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Marc Benioff • Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff interview with Lenny
But he found that two of the most important factors were by then ubiquitous technologies: the automobile and the television set.
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
Book 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
... See moreIt was just a moment in time, but I need to have that mindset all the way along which is, "What is the next great thing? What is the next great success? What is the next great failure?" You're growing. You're evolving.
Marc Benioff • Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff Interview with Lenny
In 2022—notably, after the pandemic had abated—adults spent an additional 99 minutes at home on any given day compared with 2003.
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
We are in the home even more
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 moreIn entertainment, as in dining, modernity has transformed a ritual of togetherness into an experience of homebound reclusion and even solitude.
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
Restaurants go the way of Hollywood