“The land on which we live has always shaped us. It has shaped the wars, the power, politics, and social development of the peoples that now inhabit nearly every part of the earth. Technology may seem to overcome the distances…
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Book Report: Prisoners of Geography
Tagged with: Africa, Arab Spring, Arctic, Bild, Canada, cartography, China, colonialism, European Union, France, geopolitics, Germany, Helmut Kohl, Ho Chi Minh, maps, Monroe Doctrine, Prisoners of Geography, Russia, The Righteous Mind, Tim Marshall, Vietnam, Winner Take All
Posted in Books, Everything
Posted in Books, Everything
Book Report: How to Lie with Maps
“A good map tells a multitude of little white lies; it suppresses truth to help the user see what needs to be seen. But the value of a map depends on how well its generalized geometry and generalized content reflect a…
Tagged with: cartography, lessons, lies, maps, politics, propaganda, storytelling
Posted in Advertising, Books, Leadership
Posted in Advertising, Books, Leadership
