Bookster
Pedro Pacífico is a lawyer graduated from USP and creator of @bookster, a literary Instagram profile with over 1 million followers. He was named Forbes 30 Under 30 and, in 2026, joined the Forbes Brasil Top Creators list. He presented two TEDx talks about reading and published, in 2023, the bestseller 'Trinta segundos sem pensar no medo' by Intrínseca. He is the creator of the podcasts 'Daria um Livro' and 'E os namoradinhos?', founder of the Bookster Pelo Mundo club with over 7,000 subscribers, columnist for O Globo, and host of the weekly segment 'Leitura do Fato' on CNN Brasil.
The Attention Economy and Collective Mental Fatigue
We live in an environment shaped by platforms, algorithms, and digital stimuli that compete for attention continuously and systematically. At the same time that mental exhaustion grows, technology-based solutions emerge promising focus, balance, productivity, and well-being. Do these tools represent a new path of care for the mind or are they merely adaptive responses to a system that produces its own illness?