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
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”
A quote from The Art of Stillness
Quando você não sabe no que acredita, qualquer argumento passa a ser válido. Tudo é passível de debate. Mas, quando luta por algo, as decisões passam a ser óbvias.
Jason Fried • Reinvente Sua Empresa
C.S. Lewis on the value of starting where you are:
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
A 2019 study by researchers at Berkeley found that information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as food. Put simply, the brain treats information as a reward in itself; it doesn't matter whether the info is accurate or useful, the brain will still crave it and feel satisfied after consuming it (at least until it... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
People often hope that search-mode reading will inspire them to new thoughts, and are disappointed to find that it doesn’t. Chase-mode reading, in contrast, requires constant thinking, in order to evaluate how the current source addresses your chosen focus. This tends to make it easier to notice missing holes in the literature, where your new idea... See more
Robin Hanson • Chase Your Reading
A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the edge of a vast national park, and one of the biggest challenges is protecting the animals from lions—especially at night. Richard had noticed that
... See moreHarvard Business Review • Frame Your Story
‘As for this particular key, it is the key to the small room at the end of the long passage on the lower floor. Open anything you want. Go anywhere you wish. But I absolutely forbid you to enter that little room, and if you so much as open it a crack, there will be no limit to my anger.’
Charles Perrault, ‘Blue Beard’ (1697), trans. Maria Tatar in... See more
Charles Perrault, ‘Blue Beard’ (1697), trans. Maria Tatar in... See more
Parar e listar fontes interessantes não é uma prática que vejo com frequência. Uma pena, pois ganhamos muito ao investir tempo criando uma lista ou um mapa de publicações, autores, pesquisadores e cases que se relacionam com nosso projeto de aprendizado. O benefício mais óbvio é o de efetividade. Ao saber onde estão as fontes mais adequadas,
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