É importante saber sentir as coisas boas para ter consciência do nosso valor

Vivaldi translation of title and first statement: It is important to know how to feel the good things to be aware of our value
It’s worth a moment, it’s worth the beauty of a second. The world multiplies good things by what is allowed to be built. The act of creating and multiplying our greatness, boosting the excellence of what we are and offering to others.

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Vale a pena um instante, vale a pena a beleza de um segundo. O mundo multiplica coisas boas pelo que se permite construir. O ato de criar e multiplicar as nossas grandezas, impulsionar a excelência do que somos e oferecemos ao outro.

O que não regamos, transforma-se em abandono. O silêncio é composto por projetos inacabados, não aproveitados…rejeitados talvez. Choca deixar morrer o que não dizemos, assim como nos mata também o que dizemos sem pensar.

O impulso do passado, presente e futuro chama-se transformação. É através de uma nova consciência que somos capazes de potencializa a vida em suas diferentes formas. A sabedoria cotidiana tem por finalidade neutralizar o estresse do inútil, e ao mesmo tempo, aplica o que impulsiona a vida, modifica, transforma e acelera o seu ritmo. Já imaginou que monótono seria uma vivermos engessados se fossemos somente plateia? Não, é preciso viver, enxergar a suavidade e…

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Sorry, but China is nowhere near winning the AI race

The bottom line is that Chaillan’s spreading propaganda. He’s employing a centuries-old racist trope called the “China Bogeyman.” The US has used it for decades to justify its bloated defense budget to the public.

The idea is that US citizens should be scared of China not because of its academic, economic, or military technologies. But because of the sheer fact that there are 1.5 billion people in that country who aren’t Americans.

Chaillan’s using the China Bogeyman and his former positions as an IT boss for the Air Force and the Pentagon as a political tool. Whether his goal is to run for office or a to get a lofty consulting position at a conservative-leaning organization, it’s clear what the purpose of Chaillan’s outlandish statements are: to pressure the public into believing their safety relies on doing whatever it takes to ward off the imminent threat posed by the mere existence of 1.5 billion people in China.

It’s a baseless argument against the development of ethical AI and policies restricting the US from creating and using harmful AI technologies.

Source: Sorry, but China is nowhere near winning the AI race

Apple takes down Quran app in China – BBC News (Me: Shame on Apple for aiding suppression of freedom of expression and religion in China)

Apple has taken down one of the world’s most popular Quran apps in China, following a request from officials.

Quran Majeed is available across the world on the App Store – and has nearly 150,000 reviews. It is used by millions of Muslims.

The BBC understands that the app was removed for hosting illegal religious texts.

The Chinese government has not responded to the BBC’s request for comment.

The deletion of the app was first noticed by Apple Censorship – a website that monitors apps on Apple’s App Store globally.

In a statement from the app’s maker, PDMS, the company said: “According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities”.

“We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved”.

The company said it had close to one million users in China.

The Chinese Communist Party officially recognises Islam as a religion in the country.

Source: Apple takes down Quran app in China – BBC News

La decadencia de la amistad

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Tal vez sea cierto que los perros no traicionan. Pero esto no es en realidad una virtud del animal. Ocurre simplemente, que la módica organización mental del perro le impide realizar procesos tan complicados como una estafa. Es decir: los perros no pueden traicionarnos, por la misma razón que no se les permite escribir novelas.

Muchos pensadores han creído notar que, en estos tiempos, la amistad es más un tema de conversación que una actividad concreta.
Por cierto, es relativamente fácil encontrar personas dispuestas a componer canciones sobre los amigos. En cambio es bastante difícil conseguir que esas mismas personas le presten a uno dinero.

Según parece, el sentimiento amistoso se halla en decadencia.

Todos los días uno tropieza con canallas que lejos de preocuparse por la escasez de amigos, se jactan de ella.
– Yo, amigos, lo que se dice amigos, tengo muy pocos, o ninguno – nos gritan…

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Extracto de “la obra que refiere al anarquismo por antonomasia”: El Banquero anarquista, Fernando Pessoa.

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(…) “¿Qué es ser anarquista? La libertad, la libertad para uno y para los otros, para la humanidad entera. Querer estar libre de la influencia o de la presión de las ficciones sociales, querer ser libre tal como se nació y apareció en el mundo, que es como en justicia debe ser, y querer esa libertad para uno y para todos los demás. No todos pueden ser iguales frente a la Naturaleza: unos nacen altos, otros bajos; unos fuertes, otros débiles; unos más inteligentes, otros menos… Pero todos pueden ser iguales de ahí en adelante; sólo las ficciones sociales lo impiden. Esas ficciones sociales son las que era necesario destruir. “Era necesario destruirlas… Pero no se me escapó una cosa: era necesario destruirlas pero en beneficio de la libertad, y teniendo siempre en vista la creación de una sociedad libre. Porque eso de destruir las ficciones sociales tanto puede ser…

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