The Isolated Blurt Thread IV: A New Hope

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A view of North Korea from space. Pyongyang is the one light in a sea of darkness.

http://timeglobalspin.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/rtr3fozz.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1



It is an absolutely striking image and a profound object lesson for those who espouse the benefits of a command economy.


I remember being so dumbstruck the first time I saw that image that I assumed it must be a photoshop job.


Here's that first image I saw of the Korean peninsula:



Satellite image of the Korean peninsula at night
Source: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

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It is an absolutely striking image and a profound object lesson for those who espouse the benefits of a command economy.


I remember being so dumbstruck the first time I saw that image that I assumed it must be a photoshop job.


Here's that first image I saw of the Korean peninsula:



Satellite image of the Korean peninsula at night
Source: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

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It's almost like the rest of the country is in the 19th century.
 
It's almost like the rest of the country is in the 19th century.



That side-by-side contrasting image may be the single most effective means
in all of human history to prove beyond any shadow of doubt why a
centrally-planned, totalitarian economy is a colossal, delusional mistake.





 
That side-by-side contrasting image may be the single most effective means
in all of human history to prove beyond any shadow of doubt why a
centrally-planned, totalitarian economy is a colossal, delusional mistake.

No, it's not. It's an effective means of showing a failed political system. It has nothing at all to do with an economic system.
 
bruises. rope burns. tears.

i'm supposed to be studying but my mind is elsewhere.
 
while one was a curator of fine things found
the other
created fine things.

oh so very clever...
 
bruises. rope burns. tears.

i'm supposed to be studying but my mind is elsewhere.


The mind wanders.

The mind goes walkabout.

The interwebz is a curse.

I'm glad I did not have all these distractions in days of yore.



 


The mind wanders.

The mind goes walkabout.

The interwebz is a curse.

I'm glad I did not have all these distractions in days of yore.




in ye olden days? :p

it's not the internet that's the problem. I've not looked at porn in forever. the internet is not the distraction, it's merely the place a express my frustration at the distraction.

the distraction is impossible to escape. it follows me wherever i go.
 
in ye olden days? :p

it's not the internet that's the problem. I've not looked at porn in forever. the internet is not the distraction, it's merely the place a express my frustration at the distraction.

the distraction is impossible to escape. it follows me wherever i go.




I played chess.
I concentrated.


I programmed.
I focused.


I read.
I paid attention.





I didn't multitask.
Interruption was neither tolerated nor permitted.


 
She's so frickin' adorable, but I wonder if she's dirty? God, I want her to be dirty. But secretly. Filthy on the sly.
 
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