"Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginnings of real self-respect. Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception."
2.) New indoor farm in Japan.
3.) Book review from The Economist of Clive Finlayson's, "The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution." An interesting theory, echoing a common refrain of survivalists everywhere--you'll die of thirst long before you'll die of hunger.
4.) Dylan Matthews interviews Morten Jerven about the short-comings of economic statistics on poor countries. In short, it's hard to collect, and easy to think we know more than we do.
5.) A young engineer's idea for clearing plastic from the world's oceans.
6.) The power of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunamis (video).
I've lately been reading David Pilling's book, "Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival" (2014), (see review here), an excellent work that deconstructs modern Japan within the context of the 90's asset bubble, and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Not even Mr. Pilling's remarkable account could prepare me for footage of the actual tsunami. Truly astounding.
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