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From Invisible Ink to Cryptography, Lessons in Spycraft and Privacy-Hacking from the American Revolution
What personal data has to do with George Washington's dabbles in chemistry. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and keeping it ad-free isn't easy. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
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Stefanie Posavec on Her Obsessive Analog Data Visualization
Inside the brain of one of today's most creative information patternists. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and keeping it ad-free isn't easy. If it brings you any joy and ins... Read Post
It’s Only with the Heart One Can See Rightly: A Hand-Drawn Quote from The Little Prince
"...what is essential is invisible to the eye." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and keeping it ad-free isn't easy. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider ... Read Post
Network: The Secret Life of Your Personal Data, Animated
Disclosing 736 daily pieces of self, or what we talk about when we talk about privacy. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and keeping it ad-free isn't easy. If it brings you an... Read Post