First I didn’t have an Instagram account. I didn’t even have a smartphone. My argument (part of which remains untouched) is that a writer can’t have constant interruptions. Neither can a high performance athlete. Writing, especially writing longer pieces, like books, requires some level of undivided attention to your work. Lifting, too. Teaching, too. So, […]
Emotion and communication – let’s try again: This is an honest attempt to improve communication between people. Why do I post it on my wall? Because too many people who read my stuff failed catastrophically in their approach to communicate with me and with many others Starting your letter, e-mail, text or dialogue part
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COMO O NEGÓCIO DEGRINGOLARIA (ou como as chances de consenso são jogadas no lixo) Vamos fazer uma manifestação pacífica contra a violência contra a mulher. O objetivo será trazer o problema à tona e procurar mostrar a potenciais vítimas que elas podem contar com apoio Beleza, contra a violência doméstica e estupro … e
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I want to start with two revelations that will certainly drive more than a few readers away: I am not against the use of recreational drugs for any moral reason. In fact, in a completely rational manner, I defend the gradual legalization (and regulation) of production, industrialization and commercialization of drugs as the only possible
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(part of the Epilogue to the book “About Strength and Death”) And here we reach the end of this journey across the unknown, through the passages of terror, through doubts, hesitations, courage and acceptance. The most important one is to accept who we are, even more than accept that the world is what it
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