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Phantom Islands

For map nerds and explorers: an interactive map of islands that have been described and mapped, but that may never have existed in the first place.

From Weekly Filet #277, in June 2018.

The last man who knew everything

«It has been a long time since anyone knew anything.» – that’s how I misread the first sentence of this story. Guess it’s not totally wrong, either, but this is the story of the last man who «knew everything».

From Weekly Filet #272, in May 2018.

How Air-Conditioning Invented the Modern World

How barbed wire created the modern definition of private property. How air-conditioning invented the modern world. And does technology inherently create superstar effects and inequality? Interesting interview with economist Tim Harford, the author of a new book on history’s greatest breakthroughs.

From Weekly Filet #249, in September 2017.

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