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
Consider your own product. Is it fun, even without a goal? Does it indulge moments of playful exploration? Does it create moments of pleasant surprise? If so, congratulations because then you have a toy and you're on the way to building a great game.
Rahul Vohra • How to build great products with game design, not gamification
Media serves not just as a conduit for messages but as an arbiter of reality itself. Friederich Kittler, the German media theorist, said it best, “Media defines what really is”. These days, the equation is straightforward: if something cannot be verified via Google or substantiated by media outlets, its very existence is questioned.
JUSTICE THELOT • Everything is default fake — 13101401 Inc.
People will pay for the convenience of not poring through internet sludge all day and having someone clarify what they need to know.”
Kyle Chayka • 🟧 Aggregation theory
Stories cause people to search their memory banks for similar, relatable experiences.
Akash Karia • TED Talks Storytelling
With few exceptions, people are going to feed their AI exactly the same inward-focused requests, and we will all drown in a sea of generic material.
Ian Whitworth • The Great Same-Ening
As we introduce media forms with higher fidelity—written accounts, images, videos—we not only come to expect them but to equate them with reality itself.
Media by Order of Fidelity
1. Video
2. Images
3. Audio recording
4. Written account
5. First-hand account
6. Second-hand account
7. Hearsay
Media by Order of Fidelity
1. Video
2. Images
3. Audio recording
4. Written account
5. First-hand account
6. Second-hand account
7. Hearsay
