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
Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms
Most would be more intellectually productive, however, in chasing mode. It helps to have in mind a question, puzzle, or problem, and then read in order to answer your question, explain your puzzle, or solve your problem.
Robin Hanson • Chase Your Reading
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 more“We’re at a moment in history when we need to rebuild our confidence in the capabilities of humans to reason wisely, to make collective decisions,” Vallor tells me. “We’re not going to deal with the climate emergency or the fracturing of the foundations of democracy unless we can reassert a confidence in human thinking and judgment. And everything... See more
Philip Ball • AI Is the Black Mirror
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
brailleinstitute.org
If you frame the talk as a journey, the biggest decisions are figuring out where to start and where to end. To find the right place to start, consider what people in the audience already know about your subject—and how much they care about it. If you assume they have more knowledge or interest than they do, or if you start using jargon or get too
... See moreHarvard Business Review • Frame Your Story
The human brain itself — that mysterious maker of metaphors — has through the ages been portrayed as (a) a hydraulic pumping system, (b) a clock, (c) a telephone switching network, (d) a digital computer, and, now, (e) a large language model. In constructing machines, we also construct ways of seeing the world, and ourselves.