“As Kafka prophesied, our one authentic sin is impatience: that is why we are forgetting how to read. Impatience increasingly is a visual obsession; we want to see a thing instantly and then forget it. Deep reading is not like that; reading requires patience and remembering. A visual culture cannot distinguish between fallen and unfallen angels, since we cannot see either and are forgetting how to read ourselves, which means that we can see images of others, but cannot really see either others or ourselves.”
—Harold Bloom, Fallen Angels
Very interesting interview by @BeirutCalling on how the most democratic constitution in the Arab world to date was forcefully abolished by the West in 1920.
https://t.co/XUCQGRlAEs
Awesome report by @AnaSwanson on CATL, which is literally *the* global battery powerhouse.
Glad to contribute my thoughts: "For decades now, we’ve been used to a world where the technology and innovation comes out of the West. The tables are turning." https://t.co/0gysPfz4QE
"China's cheaper energy and more efficient models have enabled the country's AI labs to charge less than leading US groups for tokens, giving China a new edge on the AI battleground."
Americans are so committed to a politics of “feeling” good that they overlook the material realities that undergird that delusion. Obama deported more people than any president before & after him; he was actively bombing 6 countries at the same time; & he failed to shutdown Gitmo
Recentemente, o Bezos disse que AI vai causar "labour shortage". Hoje o FT mostra que o aumento do investimento em infraestrutura por conta de AI tem causado explosão de demanda por "physical work"
https://t.co/rOwVvo9ZhM
objetivamente, a vida material do brasileiro melhorou nas últimas décadas. A desigualdade caiu, o que certamente gerou frustração em setores médios. E sobre a vida não ter se desenrolado aos 30 como você imaginou aos 20, Imam Ali: ""Every man shall meet what he wishes to avoid."
queria entender de onde vem esse efeito mandela de achar que a geração dos nossos pais tinham um padrão de vida americano: casa grande, carro do ano e viagem internacional recorrente