“In confrontation with entities that we encounter for the first time or do not have enough appreciation of their complexity, we approach from the most accessible angle we can understand.”Filipe FortesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Rule of "The Most Accessible" and how it can make you feel betterbyterot.blogspot.co.ukI remember when I was a kid, I watched a documentary on how to catch a monkey. Basically you dig a hole in a tree, big enough for a stretched monkey …
Filipe FortesWays to think about carsben-evans.com - Benedict EvansCars are going to change a lot in the next few decades. Electricity on one hand and software on the other change what a car is, how it gets made and …
Filipe FortesThe Coddling of the American Mindverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Greg LukianoffIn the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health. Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and …
Filipe FortesThe Container Ship Tourism Industryverified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Andy WrightContainer ships preparing to leave Algeciras, Spain. (Photo: Alex Proimos/WikiCommons CC BY 2.0) Robert Rieffel was strolling with his wife and …
Filipe FortesDoes Puerto Rico Really Want to be the 51st State?governing.com - Zach PattonIt’s easy to feel like everything’s swell in San Juan. Driving through the neighborhoods of the Puerto Rican capital -- touristy Old San Juan, with …