From the category archives:

Criticism

Twitter Nostalgia

March 2, 2010

I’m nostalgic.
When I started on Twitter it was about talking with my online friends from the US. It was about having deep debates. Someone would ask a question or share a link and many would reply. We used to have long talks between five or six people. It was good conversation.
Well, the conversation is dead.
Nobody [...]

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X, Y and Z

January 14, 2010

Generation labels are a joke.
They are the pinnacle of easy entitlement.
Another example of the celebration of averageness that democracy and consumerism have created.
One more way to weaken our tolerance of failure and to stop bettering ourselves.
Believing that potential, hard work and ambition are given by the decade you were born, is the same as believing [...]

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Happy Sparks!

December 25, 2009

As you’ll see on the video, my English is not that good when I have to actually speak it.
I wanted to thank all the readers of this humble blog, every spark is a blast thanks to the amazing debate and criticism. Again, thank you.
Random goals for 2010:
1) Move to Perth, Australia in June. Contact me [...]

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The Consequences Of Imprecision

December 8, 2009

We live in imprecise times.
Our desires and fears are tainted with subjectivity. There’s no right or wrong, no black or white, no real or imaginary.
When equality and freedom were reached, we opened the door to countless definitions of reality. This is not to say that we are totally free and equal, but no one can [...]

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The Media Attention Whores

November 19, 2009

There are two ways to do things:
You can talk about the things you’re going to do, and then do them.
Or you can just do them.
Sadly, people seem to value more the former way of action.
The one that makes a big fuss about it.
The one that needs selfish justification.
The one that’s fake.
The problem is we encourage [...]

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Adjusting Resistance

November 3, 2009

Cowards focus on the adjusting part.
The part that still doesn’t work, that’s not as good as the previous situation. Yet.
They do that, because if they have any chance of stopping you, they have to cut you off at that moment.
Adjusting means usually ending up in a better situation. Maybe you are changing job, girlfriend, or [...]

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Calling Out Doesn’t Work

October 16, 2009

After this post some people told me that I should call out those people that I disagree with. Here’s why I won’t do it:
- There’s a fine but very visible line between disagreeing and calling out.
- People don’t like to hear the truth. The odds that my calling out will spark honest self-criticism instead of [...]

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