This will put some perspective on things. Christian Broda, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, made a map replacing U.S. states with countries of a similar level of GDP. In our state along (Michigan) we take in as much as Argentina, which has the 31st largest GDP in the world.
Via Clusterflock
$10 Billion vs. $450 Billion…and it sounds a lot more fulfilling!
“Facebook”, spray paint on scrap-yard, Bamako – Mali, 2008
“Myspace”, Paint on wall, Phnom Penh-Cambodia. 2007
Filippo Minelli is an Italian born conceptual artist with roots in graffiti. A great reminder of how “the real world is deeply far from the idealization we have of it, not only in the third world.”
From: Wooster Collective
NEIL HUBERT
ADAM WEILER
LISA WALCOTT
CHUCK ANDERSON
OurThreeThirty is an open exploration of the monotony and magic that happens mid-afternoon. Take a photo everyday at 3:30pm and post it here.
