Daniel Santos

Of course we all claim to hate complexity, but it’s actually just complexity added by other people that we hate — our own bugbears are always exempted, and for things we understand we quickly become unable to even see there is a potential problem for other people.

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,... See more

Eventually, the addiction to useless info leads to what I call “intellectual obesity.” Just as gorging on junk food bloats your body, so gorging on junk info bloats your mind, filling it with a cacophony of half-remembered gibberish that sidetracks your attention and confuses your senses. Unable to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant, you... See more

Krishnamurti, ever the visionary, laid out a series of bold predictions — almost prophetic warnings — about a future where humans might drift into obsolescence. With his characteristic intensity, he sketched a vivid scene of a not-so-distant world — “in about ten, fifteen years” — where AI would eclipse human intelligence entirely, reducing us to a

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What happens to our trust in media when our capacity to generate it artificially improves to the point where we can produce indistinguishable fakes?

Weasel Words : Phrases that appear to have meaning but convey nothing tangible. “Growth was solid last quarter,” or “Many people believe.”

“Emotional intelligence is a set of personal skills we learn in life. It’s a combination of self-awareness, managing your emotions well, empathy, tuning into other people, and putting that all together to have harmonious or effective relationships.”

This skill set has become even more essential as workplaces become increasingly decentralized,

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