Perhaps that's exactly what Nelson Rodrigues understood so well. The universal rarely appears dressed in itself.

According to the World Bank, in 2024, 82% of the population in "high-income countries" lived in cities. The world average was 58%.

When discussing artificial intelligence, for example, the focus almost always shifts to the question of whether or not the machine is intelligent.

"This contradiction between what is said and what is done is recurrent in some people. And this, for childlike souls, is a true enigma."

No public servant can be coerced into committing a wrongdoing for fear of losing their livelihood.

One of the best Brazilian writers is little known; his name is Gustavo Corção (1896–1978), have you heard of him?

"Well, here's my version of Nelson Rodrigues' famous quote: the worst form of loneliness is the company of a sycophant."

Michel Yamagishi: "However, if God is logos, then it must be possible to prove his existence using reason. And Saint Anselm courageously rose to the challenge, proposing a demonstration now known as the ontological argument for the existence of God."

Michel Yamagishi: "The pressure on any Human Institution is, in reality, exerted on people. At the University, from the rector, through the members of the various university councils, to the last employee, no one escapes the Lobby"