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
The faster the pace of knowledge change, the more valuable the skill of learning becomes.
from The Half-Life of Facts by fs.blog
- What happens to our trust in media when our capacity to generate it artificially improves to the point where we can produce indistinguishable fakes?
This creates a wave of "Skepticism," leading to what I term "False Positive Reality." In this state, our pervasive skepticism makes us doubt even the real labeling it as artificial, simulated, fake—real... See morefrom Everything is default fake — 13101401 Inc. by JUSTICE THELOT
- And, until we obtain omniscience, until our consciousness equates to infinity, we will always be vulnerable, inadequate on some level.
from Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays by Kirk Schneider
Esta frase me lembra do aprendizado contínuo, do lifelong learning que nunca se extingue ou se conclui.
We make decisions all day long, and many of them are emotionally driven. Rarely do we sift through all the available information to ensure we know every fact. And we don’t need to. It is all about degrees of certainty.
from Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
in many ways, we do not need super-powerful AIs for the transformation of work. We already have more capabilities inherent in today’s Gen2/GPT-4 class systems than we have fully absorbed. Even if AI development stopped today, we would have years of change ahead of us integrating these systems into our world.
from The Present Future: AI's Impact Long Before Superintelligence by Ethan Mollick
- Break up your day
Break your day into small chunks. 3 tea breaks, 2 meal breaks and a wellness walk. Make a list of things you need to get done and what are the truly cursed jobs - do just one of these a day.
... See morefrom Break up your day
- “When it comes to community in particular, digital technology presents two interrelated dilemmas: (1) Digital technology has created the ability — and ensuing pressure — for us to “optimize” and be productive always, which often comes at the expense of time and energy spent building deep community. (2) Many digital technologies offer us the illusio... See more
from The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul by Brad Stulberg
This is enshittification: Surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit. From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle.
from See What’s Next in Tech With the Fast Forward Newsletter by Cory Doctorow
- Separate what you can control from what you can’t. It’s a small way to lift some weight off your shoulders. Take 15 minutes to create a list of everything that you’re worried about. Then label each one as a ‘within’ or a ‘beyond’ to see your sources of stress and anxiety laid bare
from The 100 Best Bits of Advice From 10 Years of First Round Review