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Life (and intersectionality) are complex, but money is, relatively speaking, simple. As a society, there’s plenty of it to go around but it’s distributed stupidly, unjustly, and inefficiently.
Class Reductionist
ongoing by Tim Bray
The term was “Web 2.0” was first coined in 1999 by technologist Darcy DiNucci, [who wrote](https://substack.com/redirect/e4cd5ce6-e938-4f18-b94a-2aa21489a556?j=eyJ1IjoiMXlmdTFqIn0.qYv5NVQwodvs9yAW1b9IqXxz-UTiPAUp4JXaRMXUArU) , “the first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop. The Web will be understood not as screenfuls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens.”
Dumb and Shameful Until It's Not
Garbage Day
As a born and raised Brazilian, I witnessed this huge **getting things done** behavior no matter how much *gambiarra** one will need to do. And that was present in many of my life circles: family, friends, work, services.. you name it.
*Gambiarra* is a improvised way to solve things. It’s not intended to be a long-term solution, but it will be fast and cheap, making problems disappear for a while.
Shifting approaches: from an idea-driven to a problem-driven mindset.
Daniela Castro
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