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Until recently, the vast majority of the world population worked on farms, and the total production of the world’s economy was mostly the total agricultural output. And this output was limited by the fixed size of the land. The total output of the economy…

This is a chart from the New York Times that shows us how per capita GDP has trended on an inflation-adjusted basis since 1947. So you can really think about this as the post-World War II era. World War II, of course, ended in 1945. It’s always good to r…

To be alone forever, some people’s greatest fear. A table for one at a fancy restaurant. Falling asleep in a cold bed. A quiet, empty house with no one to share your wins and losses with. No one to witness your happiest moments or comfort you in your most…

The Ross Ice Shelf team is at a dead stop in a growing storm, 100 miles from help. You out, you in the middle of nowhere; no one’s really been here before. Your life is in danger if you go outside and hang around in there too long. Rob has to change a fla…

If you move here from another place, don’t expect to come out here with 50 bucks in your pocket and a half a dozen 2x4s because you ain’t going to make it. When you come out here, you got to remember we got one cop for a very large area. We have no doctor…

What’s up you guys, it’s Graham here. So, if you’ve looked at the internet in the last few days, I’m sure you’ve seen an article out there that says if you had bought $100 of Bitcoin 7 years ago, you would have over $75 million today. Bitcoin is a topic t…