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“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

“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

“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

“In its infancy, Bitcoin already appears to satisfy all the requirements of Menger, Mises, and Hayek: it is a highly salable free‐market option that is resistant to government meddling.”
― Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking