But it was her eyes that stopped his breath; that made his heart leap up. Blue they were, even through the swirling vapors of pompous Chesterfields and arrogant Lucky Strikes he saw her eyes were a blue beyond blue, like the ocean. A blue he could swim into forever and never miss a fire engine red or a cornstalk yellow. Across the chasm of that ( Read more... )

The high prices limited the market to persons of means. However, princes and nobles at first scorned the books produced in quantities and continued to purchase only manuscript copies. The clergy and the lawyers were less reluctant to accept substitute for manuscripts ( Read more... )

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75 percent of Chinese respondents are inclined to ride in an autonomous taxi, compared to 52 percent of Americans ( Read more... )

Another good graphic from "A history of commerce, 1907" - before and after the age of explorers (mid-15th century).


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This is a good way to make a visual comparison between two different transportation systems: the familiar and unfamiliar side by side.


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Over the last 60 years, Asia absorbed an enormous amount of technology transfer from the US. Moreover, they are now capable of technology development themselves. By contrast, Germany does very little technology transfer to the rest of the world. Their education system is geared toward internal absorption, rather than export.
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There's some important thought behind this comic but I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it has to do with the way we divide the world into objects and its relationship to the background.


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