yasuhiro yoshida 吉田康浩 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷
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Self-taught iOS/Rails/JS samurai cop, traveler, active participant in loss. Busy turning tragedies into a comedy. Available for a gig in between. #MMT #Degrowth
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Where were you? Where do you stand today? Are you proud of yourself? What are you afraid of losing?
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Where were you? Where do you stand today? Are you proud of yourself? What are you afraid of losing?
The book—or at least its title—is believed to have grown out of an El Akkad tweet two weeks after October 7th:
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The book—or at least its title—is believed to have grown out of an El Akkad tweet two weeks after October 7th:
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
El Akkad distills this reality succinctly: “We are all governed by chance. We are all subjects of distance.”
Something must give—if we want to improve the human condition.
He later on asks, “What are you willing to give up to alleviate someone else’s suffering?”
Something must give—if we want to improve the human condition.
He later on asks, “What are you willing to give up to alleviate someone else’s suffering?”
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
El Akkad distills this reality succinctly: “We are all governed by chance. We are all subjects of distance.”
Something must give—if we want to improve the human condition.
He later on asks, “What are you willing to give up to alleviate someone else’s suffering?”
Something must give—if we want to improve the human condition.
He later on asks, “What are you willing to give up to alleviate someone else’s suffering?”
We should also remember that selectively ignoring or downplaying those in destitution constitutes a form of artificial distance. Such acts are not always loud. Silence is dangerous and ominous. It allows those involved to revise the narrative at will and affords them plausible deniability.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We should also remember that selectively ignoring or downplaying those in destitution constitutes a form of artificial distance. Such acts are not always loud. Silence is dangerous and ominous. It allows those involved to revise the narrative at will and affords them plausible deniability.
On top of that, we are all relational in a finite space: one person’s shape inevitably shapes another’s. Some people need you to remain in a particular form. Distance is not always an accident; it can be actively produced, maintained, and defended.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
On top of that, we are all relational in a finite space: one person’s shape inevitably shapes another’s. Some people need you to remain in a particular form. Distance is not always an accident; it can be actively produced, maintained, and defended.
Even if you yourself are liberated enough, others are not, and you are never free from the distances others impose upon you.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Even if you yourself are liberated enough, others are not, and you are never free from the distances others impose upon you.
You might be born into a world widely perceived as less free and manage to migrate to another widely perceived as freer, hoping to live happily ever after. You may come to believe that a polite, rule-based, orderly world truly exists—and that it will resolve your suffering. It will not.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You might be born into a world widely perceived as less free and manage to migrate to another widely perceived as freer, hoping to live happily ever after. You may come to believe that a polite, rule-based, orderly world truly exists—and that it will resolve your suffering. It will not.
proximity to life events matters. Emotional proximity determines how close suffering feels; cultural proximity shapes whose lives we identify with; media proximity governs what we encounter directly versus abstractly; and political proximity defines who is framed as ‘us’ and who is cast as ‘them.’
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
proximity to life events matters. Emotional proximity determines how close suffering feels; cultural proximity shapes whose lives we identify with; media proximity governs what we encounter directly versus abstractly; and political proximity defines who is framed as ‘us’ and who is cast as ‘them.’
Our lives are often dictated by birth, geography, timing, health, and opportunity—forces that are largely circumstantial and accidental. If luck were the primary differentiator among us, our task would be simple: to accept our lives as they are. But these assumptions get twisted, because
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Our lives are often dictated by birth, geography, timing, health, and opportunity—forces that are largely circumstantial and accidental. If luck were the primary differentiator among us, our task would be simple: to accept our lives as they are. But these assumptions get twisted, because
Promises may vary in form and scope, but they are typically understood to rest on civility, equality, and fairness, irrespective of race, religion, or country of origin. The lived reality often contradicts this assumption.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Promises may vary in form and scope, but they are typically understood to rest on civility, equality, and fairness, irrespective of race, religion, or country of origin. The lived reality often contradicts this assumption.
The author Omar El Akkad is an Egyptian-born, Canadian-raised journalist, and this book is his reckoning with the moral failures and contradictions of the Western world, examined through the lens of its unfulfilled promises.
December 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The author Omar El Akkad is an Egyptian-born, Canadian-raised journalist, and this book is his reckoning with the moral failures and contradictions of the Western world, examined through the lens of its unfulfilled promises.
It’s a great read if building rapport doesn’t come naturally to you 😉
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It’s a great read if building rapport doesn’t come naturally to you 😉
So the author's stance is that the more ownership you give to others, the clearer their stories becomes, and that this clarity increases their motivation and leads to better outcomes. However, she cautions against giving ownership to toxic people, whose “business model” is disrespecting boundaries.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
So the author's stance is that the more ownership you give to others, the clearer their stories becomes, and that this clarity increases their motivation and leads to better outcomes. However, she cautions against giving ownership to toxic people, whose “business model” is disrespecting boundaries.
We want to own our emotionally charged decisions and stories that back them up. So the author adds that the stories cannot be all fun and game; both failures and successes must be included for us to fully grasp their shape and meaning.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We want to own our emotionally charged decisions and stories that back them up. So the author adds that the stories cannot be all fun and game; both failures and successes must be included for us to fully grasp their shape and meaning.
Stories give people a moment to pause and gain perspective—they prompt them to ask the big questions, like why they’ve chosen to follow certain individuals.
At the end of the day, we crave control. At least we want to believe we have it.
At the end of the day, we crave control. At least we want to believe we have it.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Stories give people a moment to pause and gain perspective—they prompt them to ask the big questions, like why they’ve chosen to follow certain individuals.
At the end of the day, we crave control. At least we want to believe we have it.
At the end of the day, we crave control. At least we want to believe we have it.
As long as you don’t neglect that groundwork, you’ll be well-equipped to handle the second and third steps.
Lastly, the author emphasizes the importance of stories as the engine of a long-term strategy.
Lastly, the author emphasizes the importance of stories as the engine of a long-term strategy.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
As long as you don’t neglect that groundwork, you’ll be well-equipped to handle the second and third steps.
Lastly, the author emphasizes the importance of stories as the engine of a long-term strategy.
Lastly, the author emphasizes the importance of stories as the engine of a long-term strategy.
It may sound overwhelming, but each step depends on the one before it. The first step is the foundation for the second, and the second is what enables the third. The good news here is that the first step is something you can prepare at your own pace in your spare time.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It may sound overwhelming, but each step depends on the one before it. The first step is the foundation for the second, and the second is what enables the third. The good news here is that the first step is something you can prepare at your own pace in your spare time.
Next, in order to decode others, the author argues that you must do a three-step hack.
"First you must decipher your own personality, then quickly figure out the person you are interacting with, then decide whether to compromise or optimize."
"First you must decipher your own personality, then quickly figure out the person you are interacting with, then decide whether to compromise or optimize."
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Next, in order to decode others, the author argues that you must do a three-step hack.
"First you must decipher your own personality, then quickly figure out the person you are interacting with, then decide whether to compromise or optimize."
"First you must decipher your own personality, then quickly figure out the person you are interacting with, then decide whether to compromise or optimize."
"Are you friend or foe?"
"Are you a winner or loser?"
"Are you an ally or an enemy?"
But not to worry. You can can still come across as a friend/winner/ally by exhibiting your hands, posture, eye contact in a likable way. It's your moment to help others label you—and the label sets the trajectory.
"Are you a winner or loser?"
"Are you an ally or an enemy?"
But not to worry. You can can still come across as a friend/winner/ally by exhibiting your hands, posture, eye contact in a likable way. It's your moment to help others label you—and the label sets the trajectory.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Are you friend or foe?"
"Are you a winner or loser?"
"Are you an ally or an enemy?"
But not to worry. You can can still come across as a friend/winner/ally by exhibiting your hands, posture, eye contact in a likable way. It's your moment to help others label you—and the label sets the trajectory.
"Are you a winner or loser?"
"Are you an ally or an enemy?"
But not to worry. You can can still come across as a friend/winner/ally by exhibiting your hands, posture, eye contact in a likable way. It's your moment to help others label you—and the label sets the trajectory.
The last one focuses on how you maintain the connection you have established with others in a long run.
According to the author, people make a snap judgement about you in the first two faintest seconds that are rarely reversed because you are the unknown which won't answer the following questions:
According to the author, people make a snap judgement about you in the first two faintest seconds that are rarely reversed because you are the unknown which won't answer the following questions:
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The last one focuses on how you maintain the connection you have established with others in a long run.
According to the author, people make a snap judgement about you in the first two faintest seconds that are rarely reversed because you are the unknown which won't answer the following questions:
According to the author, people make a snap judgement about you in the first two faintest seconds that are rarely reversed because you are the unknown which won't answer the following questions:
This is a three-part book that consists of "The First Five minutes," "The First Five Hours" and "The First Five Days." The first two are about the tactics with the first one focusing on how you leave a striking impression in others, and the second one on how you decode and connect with others.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is a three-part book that consists of "The First Five minutes," "The First Five Hours" and "The First Five Days." The first two are about the tactics with the first one focusing on how you leave a striking impression in others, and the second one on how you decode and connect with others.
He wraps up his journaling by drawing our attentions to the plight of Palestinians that cannot be neatly compared to Jim Crow, colonialism, or apartheid as we know them and by cautioning us against the perils of a dismissive arrogance reinforced by the narratives of fellow journalists.
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
He wraps up his journaling by drawing our attentions to the plight of Palestinians that cannot be neatly compared to Jim Crow, colonialism, or apartheid as we know them and by cautioning us against the perils of a dismissive arrogance reinforced by the narratives of fellow journalists.