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 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
... See moreIt's all a judgment call. Every human decision is a gut decision. The decision itself is the messy integration of many disparate pieces of information, experiences, instincts, stories, and unknowns.
Data may inform, but as long as a human is making the decision, it's ultimately a judgment call. If you're just going by the data, then you're
We are very well informed, yet somehow we cannot orient ourselves. The informatization of reality leads to its atomization — separated spheres of what is thought to be true.
But truth, unlike information, has a centripetal force that holds society together. Information, on the other hand, is centrifugal, with very destructive effects on social... See more
But truth, unlike information, has a centripetal force that holds society together. Information, on the other hand, is centrifugal, with very destructive effects on social... See more
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
And, until we obtain omniscience, until our consciousness equates to infinity, we will always be vulnerable, inadequate on some level.
Kirk Schneider • Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays
Esta frase me lembra do aprendizado contínuo, do lifelong learning que nunca se extingue ou se conclui.
The inwardly turned, narcissistic ego with purely subjective access to the world is not the cause of social disintegration but the result of a fateful process at the objective level. Everything that binds and connects is disappearing. There are hardly any shared values or symbols, no common narratives that unite people.
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Ponder for a moment the ways people interact differently in today’s workplace when compared to historical norms. Remote and flexible work arrangements have become commonplace. Emails and text messages often replace real-time conversations — sometimes with the person visible across the room! The gig economy has normalized temporary, impersonal work
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