These idiots think they *won*, but that’s just proof that capitalism absorbs social movement demands and commodifies them when it’s profitable, then moves on to cater for a different group when it’s more profitable.
Cuando a Christopher Nolan le preguntaron qué libro que se llevaría a una isla, dijo: "Hay un escritor argentino que admiro tremendamente: Borges. Me llevaría sus obras completas".
Qué orgullo que Borges haya sido la inspiración para Memento, Inception e Interstellar.
Alguna vez alguien me dijo
"Cuando en un Medio Masivo hablen de un tema que vos sabes, presta atención a la cantidad de boludeces que dicen, bueno eso mismo hacen con todos los temas que tratan"
🚨 ULTIMA HORA: metieron a 56 personas en una máquina de resonancia magnética con vídeos cortos y grabaron el momento exacto en el que el cerebro apaga su propio botón de STOP.
La Universidad de Zhejiang lo acaba de publicar en NeuroImage.
Cuando el vídeo gusta, dos zonas caen POR DEBAJO del nivel que tenían con la pantalla apagada:
- El cingulado anterior dorsal, la alarma que grita "esto lleva demasiado rato"
- El prefrontal dorsolateral, la mano que ejecuta la orden de cerrar la app
Las dos se van a negro al mismo tiempo.
Y no era sueño ni aburrimiento. El córtex visual seguía a pleno rendimiento. Ojos encendidos, control apagado.
Lo que nadie quiere oír: ninguno de los 56 tenía perfil de adicción. Adultos sanos, 23 años de media. Esto es lo que le pasa a un cerebro normal en 6 minutos.
Hay quien resiste mejor, y depende del glutamato que tengas en reposo. Nadie elige eso.
El detalle que casi nadie cuenta: usaron clips grabados, ni TikTok ni su algoritmo. El daño no lo hace el feed. Lo hace el formato. Y el formato ya está en todas las apps que tienes abiertas.
El programa de Pergolini ODP hizo este clip con IA sobre la vida y los logros de San Martin. Es muy bueno y deberían pasarlo en todos los colegios y universidades no solo como historia para entender en cuatro minutos quien fue Don José sino porque también sirve para mostrar las enormes ventajas de la IA cuando está bien usada.
Impecable.
Aplausos.
Viralicen!
JUST IN: Silicon Valley tech executives are raising their own kids with far less technology, with some limiting screen time to around 90 mins/week & delaying phones into the teen years. — NYT
Local minima are extremely rare in high dimensional spaces, so if you ever feel stuck in a rut it’s probably just because you aren’t considering a wide enough set of orthogonal options
THE SUCCESSFUL ARTIFICIALITY OF ARGENTINIAN NATIONALITY IDENTITY 🇦🇷
One of the things you notice when talking to Argentinians is the extent to which they will insist on their ‘Argentinian-ness’. Have not encountered one who has said “no, Argentinian-ness is not a real thing.” Contrast with Brazil where many Brazilians will say “Brazilian-ness is not a real thing, I feel more Portuguese, German, Italian etc”
In part this is due to the incredible success of the historical very conscious Argentinian nation building project - and in particular of President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, one of the principal architects of modern Argentine identity. His great Lee Kuan Yew-like achievement was conceptualising nation-building as a deliberate, top down process of social transformation. Writing and governing during the decades following independence he (probably rightly) believed Argentina then was a fragmented backwater held back by regional loyalties, illiteracy, caudillo politics and cultural divisions. He wanted a new modern Argentina and to achieve this he undertook an ambitious programme of education, assimilation, immigration and modernisation designed to create a unified national culture. Although he preceded the height of Latin American positivism he is often thought of as a positivist and many of his ideas anticipated its belief that societies can be improved through rational planning
The intellectual foundation of Sarmiento’s project was his work ‘Facundo: Civilización y Barbarie’ (1845). Ostensibly a biography of the provincial caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga, the book is in reality a broader interpretation of Argentine history and society. Sarmiento uses Quiroga’s life to explain the persistence of civil war, regional strongmen and the social conditions of the Argentinian interior. Quiroga becomes a symbol of what Sarmiento called “barbarism,” while cities, literacy, commerce, constitutional government and European culture represent “civilisation.” The book argues that Argentina’s future depends on the triumph of civilisation over barbarism
This analysis led Sarmiento to conclude that Argentine identity had to be actively constructed by the state. To that end, education was the main instrument. As president from 1868 - 74, he expanded school and college networks, established libraries and recruited educators rom the US to train Argentinians. Schools were intended not only to teach literacy but also to inculcate a common language, historical narrative and civic culture. Local and regional identities were purposely gradually replaced by a shared Argentine consciousness
He also encouraged large-scale European immigration because he believed Europeans would bring habits associated with modern civilisation. Immigration then was intended not just to increase population but to transform the cultural character of the nation by improving its stock. At the same time, newcomers were expected to assimilate into a common Argentine identity through this new machinery of schools, civic institutions and public life. Sarmiento wanted cultural homogenisation rather than multicultural coexistence, a desire underlaid by some very C19th ideas about race and civilisation. He frequently contrasted Europe and North America, which he again associated with progress and development, with the perceived backwardness of much of Latin America. Indigenous peoples, frontier populations and gaucho (a kind of Pampas cowboy) culture were obstacles to modernisation
Many of Sarmiento’s ambitions were later implemented on a larger scale by President Julio Argentino Roca - who expanded federal authority, upgraded infrastructure, incorporated the frontier territories and oversaw an era of mass European immigration. In this sense Roca and Sarmiento can be thought of as advancing the same project. Did it work? In the subsequent decades Argentina became one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Even today Argentinian national identity remains incredibly strong
The entire world came together to hate on a man while his father was fighting for his life. There's a special place in hell for all you and whoever financed that smear campaign.
Aerolíneas Argentinas registró en 2025 una ganancia neta de 238 mil millones de pesos y volvió a tener patrimonio neto positivo después de más de una década.
Estos resultados consolidan un proceso de saneamiento financiero que lleva a que por primera vez en su historia, la empresa pague el impuesto a las ganancias. ✈️🇦🇷