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Category Archives: Pictures

Maps: The Beautiful Lie

I like maps. Not only because they give us direction, but also because they can be art. Yet, maps lie. They seem to be complete, but by focusing, obstinately on a few details they are transformed. A street map ignores topographical information, which would simply get in the way. Subway maps use internal relationships to [...]

Books That Changed My Thinking about Economics

I’m just going to list them all pretty like: First, the one that broke my head open. It shows that individuals united in their self-interested, by their drum major instinct, can create a better economy for themselves with examples of how it has been done all over the world. Thanks Michael. Although not strictly about [...]

Celebrating Human Rights

To celebrate the 60th Anniversay of the Declaration of Universal Rights, I went to the human rights festival in Second Life. What’s still blows my mind is that it started off with a set from Maximillion Kleene playing from Niagara Falls. Then it was followed by Joaquin Gustav, who was playing live from somewhere in [...]

My Favorite Cell Phone Pics