Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed

Oil Matters More, or Less, Or Something
Field Notes: Civilization, Search, Startups, Earthquakes, etc.
Play Econo "What If" on the 2012 Elections
When Washing Machines Attack
Deb Roy Births a Word at TED

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:49 PM PST

Apropos a writing project I'm working on, this figure from JPMorgan with dueling figures on the energy intensity of the U.S. economy.

Intensity

Field Notes: Civilization, Search, Startups, Earthquakes, etc.

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:42 PM PST

Western civilisation: A success that looks like failure (Source)
Largest Cities Through History (Source)
Hide sites to find more of what you want (Source)
Have Startups Become a Fetish? (Source)
1906 San Francisco Quake in Living Color (Source)
How Gas Prices Are Eroding the American Dream (Source)
Natural gas gets a caution flag (Source)
Big Mac crowdsourcing: The burger bill(Source)

Play Econo "What If" on the 2012 Elections

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 01:23 PM PST

Interesting economy-driven visualization on Obama's prospects in the 2012 election. What is the likelihood of being reelected given job gains/losses and/or a recession? Click to play along. [-]

When Washing Machines Attack

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:55 PM PST

I liked the cover image for this week's cover story at the San Diego Reader. When washing machines attack!

Cover lead t600

Deb Roy Births a Word at TED

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PST

As I said on Twitter last week, Deb Roy's talk at this year's TED was among my favorites ever. Its mixture of science, data, visualization and personal story touched all my hot buttons, and touched me personally. It's now up on the TED site, and I have embedded it below.