Here are a couple o'sorta interesting links.
True size of Africa: For most of our lives, we have been subjected to Mercator maps that flatten the world out in a way that makes things nearer to the poles look larger than things nearer to the equator. This gives us an inflated sense of the size of North America, Europe and Asia vis-a-vis South America and Africa. This map shows just how big Africa really is. Just worth looking at.
Matt Ridley on Technology and Jobs: Matt Ridley has labeled himself the Rational Optimist and, whenever you think things are going bad, it can be good to visit his blog. In this post, he talks about why economists don't think that technology is going to put everyone out of a job.
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