Strategy, development and knowledge
It was a Thursday, and my wife and I decided to visit Sugarloaf Mountain, which is a hill on the bay of Rio de Janeiro. The way to get there is by cable car from the Bondinho Park. From there, the cable car takes you to the first station on Morro da Urca, a smaller hill right next to Sugarloaf.
São Paulo welcomed us with cold weather, drizzle and darkness. For me, that is already an idyllic beginning to the story. I have a gothic streak. We did not technically arrive at night—it was 5:30 p.m.—but by then it is already dark during the austral winter.
Nydia and I are about to begin a New Era in our lives. That may sound overly dramatic; I could simply say that we are starting a new chapter in our story. I like to think of my personal history as divided into chapters, with the cities where I have lived marking distinct stages, each with its own character.
I'm writing to share my experience using local LLMs (Large Language Models) on a Mac, in case someone is wondering about their practicality, usability and if it's worth the hassle.
This happened in 1995, when I was seventeen. It was an ordinary Friday afternoon, and it was also Halloween. That was precisely why Felipe called: to invite me to a costume party that night.
The neurotic driver is the principal affliction of our cities. It is an undeniable, pervasive, everyday phenomenon. Judging by observation alone, I would venture that most people driving on the streets at any given moment are neurotic drivers.
I have come to the following realization. Life is a river, always moving, flowing, and changing. Inevitably, the river carries me along; it is impossible to swim against the current.
This explains the rise of idiots. How can people who are clearly idiots reach the top of companies, governments, and other fields? How did they get there? They arrived exactly as probability predicts—by chance.
I believe one of the greatest problems most people face is having little or no capacity for analysis. This does not necessarily stem from a low IQ but, in most cases, from simple mental laziness about questioning (1) the available information…
Bitcoin is many things—a cryptocurrency, a protocol, a network and a monetary system. Perhaps the easiest way to approach the subject is to describe briefly how it began and what purpose it was intended to serve.
We recently received terrible news. According to official Mexican government figures, in just nine months the country has recorded more than one million SARS-CoV-2 infections and over 100,000 deaths from COVID-19.
A few days ago, a post by Ricardo Salinas Pliego about pensions caused some controversy. Although the author presented it as an essay, it is really a brief opinion piece explaining how he believes pensions should work.