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
What happens to our trust in media when our capacity to generate it artificially improves to the point where we can produce indistinguishable fakes?
JUSTICE THELOT • Everything is default fake — 13101401 Inc.
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not every presentation is worth that kind of investment of time. But if you do decide to memorize your talk, be aware that there’s a predictable arc to the learning curve. Most people go through what I call the “valley of awkwardness,” where they haven’t quite memorized the talk. If they give the talk while stuck in that valley, the audience will
... See moreChris Anderson • Frame Your Story
There comes a moment in life, often in the quietest of hours, when one realizes that the world will continue on its wayward course, indifferent to our desires or frustrations. And it is then, perhaps, that a subtle truth begins to emerge: the only thing we truly possess, the only thing we might, with enough care, exert some mastery over, is our
... See moreBill Wear • The Quiet Art of Attention
Game design is not gamification. It is not simply taking your product and adding points, levels, trophies, and badges. Gamification was a big deal 10 years ago, but it didn’t work. And to understand why, we have to understand human motivation.
Rahul Vohra • How to build great products with game design, not gamification
The most straightforward way to improve your information diet is to develop a habit for meta-awareness; to pay attention to what you're paying attention to. When you find yourself reaching unprompted for your phone, or hovering over the Twitter icon, invoke the “10-10-10 rule:” ask yourself, if I consume this info, how will I feel about it in 10... See more
Gurwinder • The Intellectual Obesity Crisis
LLMs are a moat, but for how long?
An LLM vendor like OpenAI isn’t an aggregator, As far as I can tell.
• An aggregator leverages a monopoly on demand to commodify supply .
• Whereas a traditional industrial monopoly leverages a monopoly on supply to extract $ from demand .
LLM vendors seem more like a traditional industrial monopoly. Like an
... See moreGordon Brander from Subconscious • LLMs and Information Post-Scarcity
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
