Daniel Santos
@danielsantos
Brazilian lifelong learner. Curiosity waves surfer. I will probably die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.
Daniel Santos
danielsantos.org
Is an online relationship as honest, open and palpable as a face-to-face relationship? Does the absence of taste, touch, smell – or blood, sweat and tears for that matter – make a difference in the quality of what is experienced? Is immersion in a video game or chat room the same as playing a game on a wet grassy field, or congregating with an... See more
Kirk Schneider • Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays
When I look at the surge of investment in AI chips right now, I see no reason to doubt that Moore’s Law won’t continue for a very long time. That means more advanced chips, which means more computing power that we can apply to all sorts of uses — [both] AI and all sorts of devices. And that means we’ll be using even more semiconductors because the
... See morebigthink.com • Inside the World's Most Important Company
The more you learn about something, the more there is to learn.
You see what normal people don’t see.
The path gets more and more interesting as you go.
Derek Sivers • How to Live
Truth illuminates the world, while information lives off the attraction of surprise, pulling us into a permanent frenzy of fleeting moments.
We greet information with a fundamental suspicion: Things might be otherwise. Contingency is a trait of information, and for this reason, fake news is a necessary element of the informational order. So fake... See more
We greet information with a fundamental suspicion: Things might be otherwise. Contingency is a trait of information, and for this reason, fake news is a necessary element of the informational order. So fake... See more
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Since low-quality information is just as effective at satisfying our information-cravings as high-quality information, the most efficient way to get attention in the digital age is by mass-producing low-quality “junk info”— a kind of fast food for thought. Like fast food, junk info is cheap to produce and satisfying to consume, but high in... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
Definimos a heurística de disponibilidade como o processo de julgar a frequência segundo a “facilidade com que as ocorrências vêm à mente”
Daniel Kahneman • Rápido E Devagar
Eventually, the addiction to useless info leads to what I call “intellectual obesity.” Just as gorging on junk food bloats your body, so gorging on junk info bloats your mind, filling it with a cacophony of half-remembered gibberish that sidetracks your attention and confuses your senses. Unable to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant, you... See more