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
Even on a local scale, the more connected you are, the lonelier you feel. As Freya India wrote on After Babel:
Many of us don’t have friends anymore; we have followers. We don’t deeply care about each other’s lives; we consume them as content. We don’t have people we can be vulnerable with; we have people who view our Stories. It’s hard to tell if... See more
Sherry Ning • Stop Looking At Each Other
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. —Naguib Mahfouz
Tom White • Against Being Helpful
A successful talk is a little miracle—people see the world differently afterward.
Harvard Business Review • Frame Your Story
"Productivity is most important for things you don't want to be doing. Most people want to increase productivity so they can spend less time on the task.
But before you worry about being more productive, think about being more selective. Rather than focusing on increasing productivity, it may be worth asking, "What would I be delighted to spend... See more
But before you worry about being more productive, think about being more selective. Rather than focusing on increasing productivity, it may be worth asking, "What would I be delighted to spend... See more
3-2-1: The excuses we live by, how to handle your mistakes, and when productivity doesn't matter
Truth illuminates the world, while information lives off the attraction of surprise, pulling us into a permanent frenzy of fleeting moments.
We greet information with a fundamental suspicion: Things might be otherwise. Contingency is a trait of information, and for this reason, fake news is a necessary element of the informational order. So fake... See more
We greet information with a fundamental suspicion: Things might be otherwise. Contingency is a trait of information, and for this reason, fake news is a necessary element of the informational order. So fake... See more