The Struggle for Survival is an Incredible Waste of Time
“What does the geography of incarceration in the United States look like?” That’s the question Josh Begley asked and PrisonMap.com is where you can find the answer in the form of satellite pictures of the 4,916 federal, state, local and … Read More
Long exposure shot from the International Space Station… From NASA astronaut Don Pettit‘s ISS Star Trails photo set [via PetaPixel]
The longer you look at this chart, the more questions you might find yourself asking… Then again, everyone knows the Americas are the only place on Earth fit to grow food*. [via The Economist]
Perspective… we can’t get enough of it. For instance, how long would it take to get you and your ox cart from London to Rome back in the days when they were called Londinium and Roma? Those up for such … Read More
Tom Scott’s Welcome to Life: “A science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers.”
And so Ape Con Myth’s deck begins…
… [Excerpt from Isacc Asimov’s Foundation via Google Books]
What did we know about 2010 in 1970? What do we know about 2050 GDP in 2010? This is what Goldman Sachs thinks… We know/assume/hope the future will be MORE. But how much more and what does it mean? Numbers … Read More
There’s probably a perfectly reasonable explanation behind every one of these data points, aside from paying customers, but until someone figures them out, enjoy generating your own theories about this collection of maps from Floating Sheep. Each shows the prevalence … Read More
The greatest danger within a think tank is, quite naturally, thinking too much. Thought goes into the smallest of details on this site and even a simple post can be laden with layers. Yet there’s only so much time and … Read More