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Embraer was founded as a majority owned state company, with its founders coming from both ITA and DCTA. The company understood early on that it would need to focus on a niche product and said initial product would be the EMB-110, a small commuter plane for both military and civilian use that could operate well in areas with poor infrastructure, as was the case in Brazil.
So what should we do with our lives? I wrote recently that I’m probably literally the worst person in the world to be asking this question, but my conclusion– at least for now– is pretty straightforward:
Fascism is, in my estimation, a direct linear function of us vs. them.
This, I tell Lauren, this very thing - the wide open expanse to think my thoughts without needing to respond or reprimand or worry - is what feels so nice.
"Austin combines three elements," I explained. "Modern Silicon Valley, 1950s Detroit, and 1920s Paris. Digital tech, physical and industrial innovation at scale, and a mixture of creatives and intellectuals."
But “if we can recognise that change and uncertainty are basic principles,” as the futurist and environmentalist Hazel Henderson put it, “we can greet the future… with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.”
It’s a question of ‘Where do you spend your life energy?’ Not ‘Where do you make the most money?’
Heavy use of ChatGPT was correlated with increased loneliness, emotional dependence, and reduced social interaction, the studies found.
Because you realize the stickers were never about earning. They were about noticing. They were about someone stopping long enough to say: This mattered. This was good. This is worth mentioning. You matter. I see you. I celebrate you.
The best revenge is to refuse their values. To embody the kind of living — free, colorful, open — they want to snuff out.