This is one of the best charts I’ve seen on intergenerational worldviews. What was the average annual GDP growth that you experienced based on your year of birth?
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This is one of the best charts I’ve seen on intergenerational worldviews. What was the average annual GDP growth that you experienced based on your year of birth?
This map feels like a metaphor for how we live our lives. We carefully step around conflicts (that are in no way inevitable in the first place) and carry on with our banalities. I’m not saying we shouldn’t but it does feel representative of our condition.
The UK used less coal in 2025 than they did in 1600, when Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. Source: buff.ly/Ifmz1Eo
Who's the greatest actor in movie history? According to this data-driven approach it's Leonardo DiCaprio. Source and detailed explanation: buff.ly/DtOaN8a
Read. When you feel powerless, when you feel overwhelmed, when you find yourself doom scrolling, when you are bored. Just read. It's one of the most empowering acts. Read.
Hey, remember that music you loved when you were about 13 or 14? I bet you still loooove that music. Source: buff.ly/LAfSUwp
You deserve a 2-minute musical interlude with a map on the side:
Johnny Cash - Big River listen here: buff.ly/zDafk12
Friendly reminder that while all this geopolitical madness is going on the planet merrily keeps heating up. Source: buff.ly/OylcIxg
Who does the Strait of Hormuz matter to the most?
Great insight about marriages in Spain by @pablogguz_! In 1976 over 99% of first marriages in Spain were Catholic. By 2024 the number of marriages has halved and about three in four marriages are now Civil. The country turned its back to religion and the institution of marriage.
Asia is much more dependent on Middle Eastern LNG (Gas) than Europe is. I’d love to know what the geopolitical considerations in India, China, and Korea are at the moment. Their growth potential is severely limited due to the war in Iran, right?
Fertilizer costs tend to go up dramatically during global supply chain disruptions. That’s annoying for you but potentially catastrophic for the poorest people on the planet.
The chart shows the number of single titles by age won by the greatest male tennis players. Sure the chart shows how successful Jimmy Connors was but even more impressively it shows how great Bjorn Borg might've been. Source: buff.ly/8tdWjND
Computer generated view shows an exaggerated relief of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. Source: buff.ly/39wZjGr
Size of Iran vs Alaska (and the continental USA for scale). Hope that helps to make global news a tiny bit more relatable.
The spike post-40 is hilarious to me as we must assume that the need for glasses increases somewhat gradually. Are folks in their 20s and 30s too self-conscious to wear glasses? What other explanation could there be?! Source: buff.ly/UgnRK74
Awesome bit of data that makes intuitive sense.
Finland cut VAT on haircuts to see if cheaper prices would boost demand and jobs. Tax fell by €4, salons lowered prices by only €2 and kept the rest as profit. When VAT rose again, prices jumped by the full €4.
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How to read this chart: the typical Belgian earns as much as the typical Californian but works about 24% less. Pretty smart move to calculate such data for the “bottom 95%” only. Worth exploring further.
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This cartoon from @derspiegel shows the world as seen by Trump. It's a new take on an old cartoon premise. I live on the Idiots island. Source: buff.ly/hvd2Bys
"You never live your life as fully as Kiribati government did when it name their cities" This made me laugh and I will count this as a #badgeographyjoke. Here is where I found this gem: buff.ly/3ZtYRyw
I am going camping on the weekend and this map by @mattsurelee is almost certainly going to mirror my experience 😉 ⛺️
Demographically, I would expect quite a few business closures in the coming decade as Baby Boomer business owners either die or at least can't find someone to purchase their businesses. Source: buff.ly/dQLjQ0I
Until your 30s you keep introducing more artists into your listening circulation. Once in your 30s you reduce the number of artists you listen too. Do you just know what you like or do you stop exploring? Source has more cool charts on music preferences: buff.ly/teMEnNK
The "World situation of Iran" is part of a series of maps from 1972. I love the projection but have no idea what this might be called. Source: buff.ly/2FW2yxY
This map shows the countries that Macron revealed today are in talks to host French nuclear weapons. This is a big part of the European strategy to become more independent from the US. Source: buff.ly/y0yhDJw
This chart shows the changing drug use patterns of young people (16-24) in England and Wales. I don't even know most of these drugs by name! Source: buff.ly/oTHtRkj
I've sat through several graduation ceremonies for myself, family, and friends. Pretty sure @mattsurelee is onto something with his graphs here... Feel free to send these charts to all your friends or kids whose graduations you sat through 😉
Great animated globe by @tylermorganwall shows the submarine fiber optic cable network that sends the internet around the world.
This is a beautifully silly mapping exercise by @mattsurelee. He typed the first three letter of every US state and took the first autocorrect option as the new state name. Only two states got to keep their name!
When do most of us celebrate our birthdays? It's not all that random. In Austria, 26 September is the most common birthday. The reason is simple: around Christmas and New Year couples have a bit of time to spare. Source: buff.ly/YvmcILU
