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 way I beat intellectual obesity was by trying to become the best writer I can be. Writing requires you to filter out bad information because you have a duty to your readers to not be full of shit. Writing also forces you to periodically shut out information altogether so you can be alone with your thoughts. This regular confrontation with... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
I’ve changed my mind about what a successful person looks like. My v1 framework for a successful person focused on external achievements. Is this person leading a company? Are they operating at the top of their field? Are they leading movements and creating change? Those were the questions that decided whether someone was a success or not. It... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green
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
Tech-lash
The term tech-lash refers to a growing backlash against large technology companies and their influence on society. It encompasses widespread negative sentiments toward the power of "Big Tech," particularly regarding issues like data privacy, misinformation, and the societal impacts of technology. This phenomenon has led to increased public
... See moreThe best reading should ordinarily start with what I’m going to call a question, though I mean that in a very general sense.
Not Boring • Read More Books
Any system where users can leave without pain is a system whose owners have high switching costs and whose users have none . An owner who makes a bad call – like removing the block function say, or opting every user into AI training – will lose a lot of users. Not just those users who price these downgrades highly enough that they outweigh the
... See moreCory Doctorow • Pluralistic: Bluesky and Enshittification
Time’s gift is experience. Experience sharpens the craft. It acts as a prediction machine, and a pattern recognizer. It cuts through the extraneous. It moves decisively. It supercharges intuition. It’s a long-range antennae for spotting opportunity and potential. It broadens the intellectual and emotional palette from which to draw from. It... See more
“Driving with background music,” one researcher speculated, “might be the most prevalent music behaviour ever taken on by the human species.”