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Sandro dos Santos
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Brazilian lawyer from Rio de Janeiro. Passionate about technology and always learning new things. I believe in freedom with responsibility — not libertinism. I value a free Brazil, with space for different perspectives, but without impositions on how to think or invest.
De-Googling is no longer a niche hobby—it's digital self-defense. 🛡️ ​From Proton to Kagi, a new wave of users is walking away from the "Big G." The motive? Algorithmic fatigue and a hunger for digital sovereignty. ​Breaking free from Big Tech is the first step toward owning your identity. On Nostr, we’re already living the endgame. ⚡️ ​#degoogle #sovereignty #privacy #nostr #bigtech #selfsovereign
​The "Feelings" Trap: Where emotion ends and character begins. 🫀🎶 ​Back in the 70s, Brazilian artist Morris Albert took the world by storm with "Feelings." The song was born from a real-life heartache: he was deeply in love with a married woman. The lyrics are a cry of anguish: "I wish I’ve never met you, girl." ​That is the classic trap of the heart. ​We don’t choose what we feel—emotions just happen, like a storm that doesn't ask for permission. But not having control over how we feel doesn't mean we should be slaves to it. ​Following feelings blindly is a strategic life error. They are volatile: one moment they burn like fire, the next they are cold as ice. Principles, however, are fixed compasses. Is it worth breaking rules or destroying a marriage for something that is, by nature, fleeting? ​True self-sovereignty isn't about doing whatever your heart desires; it’s about having the self-mastery to stay the course even when your heart tries to lead you astray. ​Feelings are the wind; principles are the rudder. 🧭 ​#Nostr #Wisdom #Feelings #Principles #Philosophy #Responsibility #SelfSovereignty
​A armadilha de "Feelings": Onde o sentimento termina e o caráter começa. 🫀🎶 ​Na década de 70, o brasileiro Morris Albert ganhou o mundo com "Feelings". A música nasceu de uma "fossa" real: ele estava apaixonado por uma mulher casada. A letra é um grito de angústia: "Eu gostaria de nunca ter te conhecido". ​Ali estava a clássica armadilha do coração. ​Não mandamos no que sentimos — o sentimento simplesmente acontece, como uma tempestade que não pede licença. Mas o fato de não termos controle sobre o sentir não significa que devemos ser escravos dele. ​Seguir sentimentos cegamente é um erro estratégico. Eles são voláteis: hora queimam como fogo, hora esfriam como gelo. Já os princípios são bússolas fixas. Vale a pena quebrar regras ou destruir um casamento por algo que é, por natureza, passageiro? ​A verdadeira soberania individual não é fazer o que o coração quer, mas sim ter o domínio próprio para manter o rumo, mesmo quando o coração tenta nos desviar. ​Sentimentos são ventos; princípios são o leme. 🧭 ​#Nostr #Wisdom #Feelings #Principles #Philosophy #Responsibility
Você sabia? O Efeito Dunning-Kruger é um fenômeno onde pessoas com baixo conhecimento em uma área acreditam que são especialistas, enquanto os verdadeiros experts duvidam de si mesmos. Em termos claros: a ignorância gera confiança com muito mais frequência do que o conhecimento. 🧠 ​#Psicologia #Nostr #Conhecimento
​Did you know? The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability in a task overestimate their competence. In plain terms: ignorance breeds confidence much more often than knowledge does. 🧠 ​#Psychology #Nostr #Knowledge #Mindset
The Cost of Recklessness Fatalities are part of the unforeseen, but there is a brutal dividing line between bad luck and personal choice. 🛤️⚠️ ​More often than not, what we call "cruel fate" is simply the inevitable result of a sequence of mediocre decisions. The world is full of immovable obstacles; it is our vanity and the hunger for validation—whether digital or social—that shoves us right into them. ​The train of life doesn't make emergency stops for those who choose to play on the tracks. Reality is indifferent to your desire to be noticed. ​Do not become a victim of your own idiocy. Do not trade your life for a moment of empty glory or out of pure, conscious negligence. The price of trying to defy the obvious is, almost always, being left behind while the rest of the world keeps moving. ​Think twice before taking that next step into the abyss. Life has no replay button. ​#Nostr #Accountability #RealityCheck #SelfResponsibility #Consciousness #DarwinAwards
​🇺🇸 English ​I found this cat on the street. What was supposed to be just a rescue has turned into a responsibility. ​Many people mistake love for self-satisfaction, but real love is about giving: of your time, your energy, and yourself. I feel that the meaning of the word "love" has been emptied in our society. And when the meaning is lost, we stop thinking about what it truly demands of us. To love is to serve. image ​#Love #Responsibility #Reflection #Nostr #CatsOfNostr #Plebs ​🇧🇷 Português ​Encontrei este gato na rua. O que era para ser apenas um resgate virou uma responsabilidade. ​Muita gente confunde amor com autossatisfação, mas o amor real é doação: de tempo, de energia, da própria pessoa. Sinto que o sentido da palavra "amor" foi esvaziado na nossa sociedade. E, quando o sentido se esvazia, paramos de pensar sobre o que ele realmente exige de nós. Amar é servir. ​#Amor #Responsabilidade #Reflexão #Nostr #CatsOfNostr