Notes
Things I write, and sometimes say out loud, to understand them better.
Recent Notes
Writing on work, faith, philosophy, family and the ordinary things that tend to clarify them.
The work that holds the rest
The modern world invites us to mistake convenience for independence. We only ever build on what others quietly sustain.
A impossibilidade de separar costumes e economia
Não há economia moralmente neutra: o modo como trabalhamos, compramos, contratamos e lucramos acaba sempre por formar os costumes que dizemos querer proteger.
Rumo ao Deserto
Desinvestir do mundo não é abandonar os deveres concretos; é recuperar silêncio, oração e critério numa cultura que pede atenção permanente.
Deus e o Belo
Se Deus é o próprio Ser, então a beleza não é um adorno religioso: é um sinal da ordem, da verdade e do bem que todas as coisas recebem d'Ele.
The ability to leave work
A job should matter enough to do well, and not so much that it follows you into every room.
Things parenthood teaches you about people
Apologise properly, protect trust and do not punish curiosity for being inconvenient.
What ten years can build
Most of what matters is built quietly, through ordinary days repeated long enough to become a life.
Work educates
Some things are easier to understand when the material pushes back.
Podcasts and Live Interviews
A few longer conversations elsewhere, mostly around faith, philosophy, theology and the questions that sit underneath ordinary life.
Can Europe Return to God? Fatima and the Rise of the Faithful Remnant
Another conversation away from the sales world, on the questions of faith, philosophy and theology that keep turning up in the notes.
Igreja, ciência, sexo e salvação: ainda há respostas?
A long conversation on faith and reason, the Church, science, salvation, suffering, marriage and the crisis of the modern West.
Sessão OrangePill — Debate com Renato Amoedo
A debate with Renato Amoedo about Bitcoin, money, freedom and the culture that formed around it.
Live Sales Insights with Diogo Silva
A live conversation with Daniel Disney about what was working in sales and what salespeople could do to reach their targets in 2022, recorded for The Daily Sales, a LinkedIn community with more than one million followers.
Earlier Notes
Earlier notes and essays on philosophy, theology, economics, technology and society.
Escassez de trabalhadores qualificados
Natalidade em quebra, um sistema de ensino desalinhado com a procura real, e uma cultura que tornou o risco de empreender menos atractivo.
Bitcoin | The Fairy Tale
No currency removes the imperfection built into human exchange, because the imperfection was never in the ledger.
Panem et circenses
The crowd applauds one side or the other, holding a banner because that's easier than finding out what's true.
The Reign of Quantities
Quality asks for an artisan and time. Quantity asks for neither, which is exactly the trade we keep making.
Efficiency, the One Ring to rule them all
Efficiency has no natural ceiling. Left to itself, it stops serving us and starts being served.