The great danger of accepting universal truths is not necessarily that they might be false, but rather that we base aspects of our lives on them. Today, there are theories that are universally accepted because they have stood the test of time, such as the evolution of species through natural selection, the law of universal […]
O grande perigo de aceitar verdades universais não é, necessariamente, a possibilidade de serem falsas, mas o facto de orientarmos aspetos da nossa vida em função delas. Hoje em dia há teorias que são universalmente aceites porque perduraram no tempo, como por exemplo a evolução das espécies por seleção natural, a lei da gravitação universal
“And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate
“And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate
In Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott offers a brilliant analysis of modern states. According to the author, the state’s intention is to simplify complex societies in order to make them comprehensible, which often results in social and ecological disasters due to the imposition of top-down orders. The work argues that central planning fails
Em Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott faz uma análise brilhante sobre os Estados modernos. Segundo o autor, a intenção do Estado é de tentar simplificar sociedades complexas para as tornar legíveis, o que resulta frequentemente em desastres sociais e ecológicos devido à imposição de ordens de cima para baixo. A obra argumenta que
“What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about the buyer.” — Neil Postman Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, wage labor, and the pursuit of profit, where the market regulates production and prices through the law
“What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about the buyer.” “O que o publicitário necessita de saber não é o que há de certo com o produto, mas o que há de errado com o consumidor.” — Neil Postman O capitalismo é um sistema
The word capital derives from the Latin capitālis (“relating to the head”), which in turn comes from caput (“head”). Its use dates back to Classical Antiquity and Prehistory, times when a person’s wealth was measured by the number of head of cattle they owned. Cattle were one of the first and most fundamental assets in
A palavra capital deriva do latim capitālis (“relativo à cabeça”), que por sua vez provém de caput (“cabeça”). O seu uso remonta à Antiguidade Clássica e Pré-História, épocas em que a riqueza de uma pessoa era medida pelo número de cabeças de gado que possuía. O gado foi um dos primeiros e mais fundamentais ativos
