Sammezzano Castle in Tuscany, Italy
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Locus of control - "is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence), have control over the outcome of events in their lives."
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Infornography
Infornography is a portmanteau word formed by the combination of the two words "information" and "pornography". Infornography is used to define an addiction to or an obsession with acquiring, manipulating, and sharing information. People "suffering" from infornography are generally people that greatly enjoy receiving, sending, exchanging, and digitizing information.
The term was popularized by the cult cyberpunk anime series Serial Experiments Lain (1998), which used the word as the title of episode eleven; see Infornography (Serial Experiments Lain episode).
The definition (without explicitly using the term itself) is also greatly applied in many cyberpunk settings, where information can almost be considered a currency of its own, in a sense facilitating the development of an alternate world for 'escapism'. Megacorps, hackers and other kinds of people use information to thrive. They can subtly be called "infornographers".
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Energy use in terms of KJ per KM and per Mass for various modes of transportation and animals
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US Army engineer Harold Fisk’s 1944 map of the changing course of the Mississippi River over thousands of years.
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Marin Mersenne (1588 - 1648) is an interesting starting point to explore renaissance world views
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"Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam!"
The motto of the Knights Templar which means “Not to us, O Lord, but to your name from ‘glory.” The Knights Templar were merchant bankers that established the modern banking system. The Templar in England reestablished themselves as the Order of the Garter several decades after they were disbanded.
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The interior of the Orient Express Train, created in 1883.
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Epistemic disobedience now! Questioned epistemic authority, especially in science
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