Category Archives: general

TED talk Abundance is our future

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Mind Map © Hans Buskes I watched this marvellous TED talk of Peter Diamandis and then tried to mind map it from memory. Made the visuals afterwards. Diamandis thinks that the media are full of bad news, because our mind … Continue reading →

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The death of Emmett Till: a timeline

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Looking into the deep future

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Based on the special issue of NewScientist “The deep future” Mind Map © Hans Buskes

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Some thoughts on Women’s day

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Mind Map © Hans Buskes

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An ugly truth

Posted on February 29, 2012 by
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Three rules

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

This mind map is inspired by the one made by Philippe Packu.  Mine maps my associations with the number 3. Both are pretty complementary, showing that three is not an ordinary number. While making this mind map, I noticed that … Continue reading →

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When are soccer clubs gonna wake up?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Europe’s top football clubs collectively lost more than € 1.6 billion in 2010 and their debts are still rising. Accounts from about 650 European clubs show that their total debt is a staggering € 8.4 billion. When are they going … Continue reading →

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Are we through with consuming?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

The infographic was inspired by an article in Fast Company: ‘have we reached peak stuff?’. “In England, statistics show that its citizens have been using less and less of nearly every material good, even before the recession started.” Is this … Continue reading →

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Making graphs (2): Dylan’s productivity

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

How to read the graph? Numbers on the x-axis refer to a full decade. So ’90 refers to the period 1990-1999. On the line ‘number of concerts’ the corresponding number on the y-axis is 1115. The last present decade has … Continue reading →

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Political preferences and music

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Remarkable. In the Netherlands Bohemian rhapsody tops the official top 2000. However leftists choose Like a rolling stone. Source: Volkskrant, Dutch newspaper.

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