The Algorithm Rules

algorithms

We already live in an algorithmic reality. Whatever we experience, it has been presented to us as a result of some algorithmic processing. If it’s a social media feed, it comes based on our reactions. If it’s news, it comes based on our clicking patterns. If it’s a movie, it comes based on our previous … Read more

Ramblings

When you’re hurting, your attention is hijacked. Whether your suffering is insignificant, a mere annoyance, or you’re going through deep physical illness, there’s a pull. A pull that shifts your attention from where it usually was. All spiritual people seem to be immune to suffering, though. From the early shamans, who could spend hours or … Read more

365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Eleven

It was quite a journey so far. This is the eleventh checkpoint in my 365 days challenge, which means eleven months have passed, and there’s only one left. This is by far the longest, and most consistent challenge I’ve done in my entire life. I’ve had year long challenges before, but they were more loose, … Read more

Monday Moving Forward – Let It Be

Since today is a Monday, I thought about writing a short post from the Monday Moving Forward series. You know, something simple, an easy life hack to help you start the week on a more optimistic note, get unstuck and unglue yourself from the post weekend depression. But as I started to think about it, … Read more

Short Form Versus Long Form Content

The haiku versus the epic. Or Twitter versus Medium, if you like. A few witty sentences, trying to convey meaning in a condensed package, versus the comfort of all the details you can gather. I used to be the adept of long form content. I enjoyed the potentially unlimited expression space, the vast encompassing time, … Read more

Live Events

Today I attended the second sizable live event in the last 3 weeks. The first one was a marathon, this one was a conference. It was a crypto related conference, one of the many that are taking place these days in Lisbon. The total audience was in the hundreds, but I guess, in total, at … Read more