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“Uncontrolled, our appetite for the dramatic goes too far, prevents us from seeing the world as it is, and leads us terribly astray.”
― Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

“Because torpedoes took some time to slice through the water to hit their target, the submarine’s periscope operator had swiftly to judge a ship’s speed and direction before firing the torpedo on an intercept course.”
― Tim Harford, How to Make the World Add Up : Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers

“When you reach low Earth orbit, from around 525,000 to 6.5 million feet above us, you might catch a glimpse of the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits at an average height of 1.3 million feet.”
― Tim Marshall, The Future of Geography: How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World

“Inside a dark pool, no one but the broker who ran it had any idea what was happening.”
― Michael Lewis, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt