Weekly Filet #13: With Notably Rare Exceptions. And more.
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This week's top recommendation
With notably rare exceptions, the voyage of the Titanic was uneventful. - Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve and one of the faces of the 2008 financial crisis, was pretty serious when he wrote this in a column in the Financial Times. Well, not exactly this, but something similar: "With notably rare exceptions, the global 'invisible hand' has created relatively stable exchange rates, interest rates, prices, and wage rates." His statement is now mimiced in hundreds, making for a great laugh. My favourite so far: With notably rare exceptions, Mrs. Lincoln enjoyed the play.
→ “With Notably Rare Exceptions” (Crooked Timber)
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Let us suppose you'd be given the chance to create a new voting system for your country, an "ideal one". What would you opt for? Here's a fascinating tour d'horizon of voting systems around the globe and through history. An unexpectedly great read.
→ Win or Lose (The New Yorker)
So you switched your clock to summer time, right? I bet you'll learn quite a bit about time zones that you didn't know in this well executed interactive feature by the BBC.
→ A brief history of time zones (BBC News)
Absolutely stunning images of creatures living in the depths of the White Sea north of Russia. Beautiful monsters indeed they are.
→ Beautiful monsters from the White Sea (Behance Network)
Clever use of Google Street View: This site lets you spot Street Art around the globe.
→ Street Art View (Red Bull)