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Imagine for a second that Eckhart Tolle wasn't a spiritual teacher, but a deep cover operative with a gun to his head. And just for a second, pretend that Tolle’s Power of Now wasn't a way to find peace, but a survival mechanism used to slow down time when your reality is collapsing. And your memory has been utterly destroyed by forces beyond your control. Until a good friend helps you rebuild it from the ground up. These are the exact feelings and sense of positive transformation I tried to capture in a project I believe is critical for future autodidacts, polymaths and traditional learners: Vitamin X, a novel in which the world’s only blind memory champion helps a detective use memory techniques and eventually achieve enlightenment. It’s also a story about accomplishing big goals, even in a fast-paced and incredibly challenging world. In the Magnetic Memory Method community at large, we talk a lot about the habits of geniuses like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. We obsess over their reading lists and their daily routines because we want that same level of clarity and intellectual power. But there's a trap in studying genius that too many people fall into: Passivity. And helping people escape passive learning is one of several reasons I’ve studied the science behind a variety of fictional learning projects where stories have been tested as agents of change. Ready to learn more about Vitamin X and the various scientific findings I’ve uncovered in order to better help you learn? Let’s dive in! Defeating the Many Traps of Passive Learning We can read about how Lincoln sharpened his axe for hours before trying to cut down a single tree. And that's great. But something's still not quite right. To this day, tons of people nod their heads at that famous old story about Lincoln. Yet, they still never sharpen their own axes, let alone swing them. Likewise, people email me every day regarding something I've taught about focus, concentration or a particular mnemonic device. They know the techniques work, including under extreme pressure. But their minds still fracture the instant they're faced with distraction. As a result, they never wind up getting the memory improvement results I know they can achieve. So, as happy as I am with all the help my books like The Victorious Mind and SMARTER have helped create in this world, I’m fairly confident that those titles will be my final memory improvement textbooks. Instead, I am now focused on creating what you might call learning simulations. Enter Vitamin X, the Memory Detective Series & Teaching Through Immersion Because here's the thing: If I really want to teach you how to become a polymath, I can't just carry on producing yet another list of tips. I have to drop you into scenarios where you actually feel what it's like to use memory techniques. That's why I started the Memory Detective initiative. It began with a novel called Flyboy. It’s been well-received and now part two is out. And it’s as close to Eckhart Tolle meeting a Spy Thriller on LSD as I could possibly make it. Why? To teach through immersion. Except, it's not really about LSD. No, the second Memory Detective novel centers around a substance called Vitamin X. On the surface, it's a thriller about a detective named David Williams going deep undercover. In actuality, it's a cognitive training protocol disguised as a novel. But one built on a body of research that shows stories can change what people remember, believe, and do. And that's both the opportunity and the danger. To give you the memory science and learning research in one sentence: Stories are a delivery system. We see this delivery system at work in the massive success of Olly Richards’ StoryLearning books for language learners. Richards built his empire on the same mechanism Pimsleur utilized to great effect long before their famous audio recordings became the industry standard: using narrative to make raw data stick. However, a quick distinction is necessary. In the memory world, we often talk about the Story Method. This approach involves linking disparate pieces of information together in a chain using a simple narrative vignette (e.g., a giant cat eating a toaster to remember a grocery list). That is a powerful mnemonic tool, and you will see Detective Williams use short vignettes in the Memory Detective series. But Vitamin X is what I call ‘Magnetic Fiction.’ It's not a vignette. It's a macro-narrative designed to carry the weight of many memory techniques itself. It simulates the pressure required to forge the skill, showing you how and why to use the story method within a larger, immersive context. So with that in mind, let's unpack the topic of fiction and teaching a bit further. That way, you'll know more of what I have in mind for my readers. And perhaps you'll become interested in some memory science experiments I plan to run in the near future. Illustration of “Cafe Mnemonic,” a fun memory training location the Memory Detective David Williams wants to establish once he has enough funds. Fiction as a Teaching Technology: What the Research Says This intersection of story and memory isn't new territory for me. Long before I gave my popular TEDx Talk on memory or helped thousands of people through the Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass, live workshops and my books, I served as a Mercator award-winning Film Studies professor. In this role, I often analyzed and published material regarding how narratives shape our cognition. Actually, my research into the persuasion of memory goes back to my scholarly contribution to the anthology The Theme of Cultural Adaptation in American History, Literature and Film. In my chapter, “Cryptomnesia or Cryptomancy? Subconscious Adaptations of 9/11,” I examined specifically how cultural narratives influence memory formation, forgetting, and the subconscious acceptance of information. That academic background drives the thinking and the learning protocols baked into Vitamin X. As does the work of researchers who have studied narrative influence for decades. Throughout their scientific findings, one idea keeps reappearing in different forms: When a story pulls you in, you experience some kind of “transportation.” It can be that you find yourself deeply immersed in the life of a character. Or you find your palms sweating as your brain tricks you into believing you're undergoing some kind of existential threat. When such experiences happen, you stop processing information like you would an argument through critical thinking. Instead, you start processing the information in the story almost as if they were really happening. As a result, these kinds of transportation can change beliefs and intentions, sometimes without the reader noticing the change happening. That's why fiction has been used for: teaching therapy religion civic formation advertising propaganda Even many national anthems contain stories that create change, something I experienced recently when I became an Australian citizen. As I was telling John Michael Greer during our latest podcast recording, I impulsively took both the atheist and the religious oath and sang the anthem at the ceremony. All of these pieces contain stories and those stories changed how I think, feel and process the world. Another way of looking at story is summed up in this simple statement: All stories have the same basic mechanism. But many stories have wildly different ethics. My ethics: Teach memory improvement methods robustly. Protect the tradition. And help people think for themselves using the best available critical thinking tools. And story is one of them. 6 Key Research Insights on Educational Fiction Now, when it comes to the research that shows just how powerful story is, we can break it down into buckets. Some of the main categories of research on fiction for pedagogy include: 1) Narrative transportation and persuasion As these researchers explain in The Role of Transportation in the Persuasiveness of Public Narratives, transportation describes how absorbed a reader becomes in a story. Psychologists use transportation models to show how story immersion drives belief change. It works because vivid imagery paired with emotion and focused attention make story-consistent ideas easier to accept. This study of how narratives were used in helping people improve their health support the basic point: Narratives produce average shifts in attitudes, beliefs, intentions, and sometimes behavior. Of course, the exact effects vary by topic and the design of the scientific study in question. But the point remains that fiction doesn't merely entertain. It can also train and persuade. 2) Entertainment-Education (EE) EE involves deliberately embedding education into popular media, often with pro-social aims. In another health-based study, researchers found that EE can influence knowledge, attitudes, intentions, behavior, and self-efficacy. Researchers in Brazil have also used large-scale observational work on soap operas and social outcomes (like fertility). As this study demonstrates, mass narrative exposure can shape real-world behavior at scale within a population. Stories can alter norms, not just transfer facts from one mind to another. You’ll encounter this theme throughout Vitamin X, especially when Detective Williams tangles with protestors who hold beliefs he does not share, but seem to be taking over the world. 3) Narrative vs expository learning (a key warning) Here's the part most “educational fiction” ignores: Informative narratives often increase interest, but they don't automatically improve comprehension. As this study found, entertainment can actually cause readers to overestimate how well they understood the material. This is why “edutainment” often produces big problems: You can wind up feeling smarter because you enjoyed an experience. But just because you feel that way doesn't mean you gain a skill you can reliably use. That’s why I have some suggestions for you below about how to make sure Vitamin X actually helps you learn to use memory techniques better. 4) Seductive details (another warning) There's also the problem of effects created by what scientists call seductive details. Unlike the “luminous details” I discussed with Brad Kelly on his Madness and Method podcast, seductive details are interesting but irrelevant material. They typically distract attention and reduce learning of what actually matters. As a result, these details divert attention through interference and by adding working memory demands. The research I’ve read suggests that when story authors don't engineer their work with learning targets in mind, their efforts backfire. What was intended to help learners actually becomes a sabotage device. I've done my best to avoid sabotaging my own pedagogical efforts in the Memory Detective stories so far. That's why they include study guides and simulations of using the Memory Palace technique, linking and number mnemonics like the Major System. In the series finale, which is just entering the third draft now, the 00-99 PAO and Giordano Bruno's Statue technique are the learning targets I’ve set up for you. They are much harder, and that’s why even though there are inevitable seductive details throughout the Memory Detective series, the focus on memory techniques gets increasingly more advanced. My hope is that your focus and attention will be sharpened as a result. 5) Learning misinformation from fiction (the dark side) People don't just learn from fiction. They learn false facts from fiction too. In this study, researchers found that participants often treated story-embedded misinformation as if it were true knowledge. This is one reason using narrative as a teaching tool is so ethically loaded. It can bypass the mental posture we use for skepticism. 6) Narrative “correctives” (using story against misinformation) The good news is that narratives can also reduce misbelief. This study on “narrative correctives” found that stories can sometimes decrease false beliefs and misinformed intentions, though results are mixed. The key point is that story itself is neither “good” or “bad.” It's a tool for leverage, and this is one of the major themes I built into Vitamin X. My key concern is that people would confuse me with any of my characters. Rather, I was trying to create a portrait of our perilous world where many conflicts unfold every day. Some people use tools for bad, others for good, and even that binary can be difficult for people to agree upon. Pros & Cons of Teaching with Fiction Let’s start with the pros. Attention and completion: A good story can keep people engaged, which is a prerequisite for any learning to occur. The transportation model I cited above helps explain why. The Positive Side of Escapism Entering a simulation also creates escapism that is actually valuable. This is because fiction gives you “experience” without real-world consequences when it comes to facing judgment, ethics, identity, and pressure-handling. This is one reason why story has always been used for moral education, not just entertainment. However, I’ve also used story in my Memory Detective games, such as “The Velo Gang Murders.” Just because story was involved did not mean people did not face judgement. But it was lower than my experiments with “Magnetic Variety,” a non-narrative game I’ll be releasing in the future. Lower Reactance Stories can reduce counterarguing compared with overt persuasion, which can be useful for resistant audiences. In other words, you’re on your own in the narrative world. Worst case scenario, you’ll have a bone to pick with the author. This happened to me the other day when someone emailed to “complain” about how I sometimes discuss Sherlock Holmes. Fortunately, the exchange turned into a good-hearted debate, something I attribute to having story as the core foundation of our exchange. Compare this to Reddit discussions like this one, where discussing aspects of the techniques in a mostly abstract way leads to ad hominem attacks. Now for the cons: Propaganda Risk The same reduction in counterarguing and squabbling with groups that you experience when reading stories is exactly what makes narratives useful for manipulation. When you’re not discussing what you’re reading with others, you can wind up ruminating on certain ideas. This can lead to negative outcomes where people not only believe incorrect things. They sometimes act out negatively in the world. The Illusion of Understanding Informative narratives can produce high interest but weaker comprehension and inflated metacomprehension. I’ve certainly had this myself, thinking I understand various points in logic after reading Alice in Wonderland. In reality, I still needed to do a lot more study. And still need more. In fact, “understanding” is not a destination so much as it is a process. Misinformation Uptake People sometimes acquire false beliefs from stories and struggle to discount fiction as a source. We see this often in religion due to implicit memory. Darrel Ray has shown how this happens extensively in his book, The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture. His book helped explain something that happened to me after I first started memorizing Sanskrit phrases and feeling the benefits of long-form meditation. For a brief period, implicit memory and the primacy effect made me start to consider that the religion I’d grown up with was in fact true and real. Luckily, I shook that temporary effect. But many others aren’t quite so lucky. And in case it isn’t obvious, I’ll point out that the Bible is not only packed with stories. Some of those stories contain mnemonic properties, something Eran Katz pointed out in his excellent book, Where Did Noah Park the Ark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQlcMHhF3w The “Reefer Madness” Problem While working on Vitamin X, I thought often about Reefer Madness. In case you haven’t seen it, Reefer Madness began as an “educational” morality tale about cannabis. It's now famous largely because it's an over-the-top artifact of moral panic, an example of how fear-based fiction can be used to shape public belief under the guise of protection. I don’t want to make that mistake in my Memory Detective series. But there is a relationship because Vitamin X does tackle nootropics, a realm of substances for memory I am asked to comment on frequently. In this case, I'm not trying to protect people from nootropics, per se. But as I have regularly talked about over the years, tackling issues like brain fog by taking memory supplements or vitamins for memory is fraught with danger. And since fiction is one of the most efficient way to smuggle ideas past the mind's filters, I am trying to raise some critical thinking around supplementation for memory. But to do it in a way that's educational without trying to exploit anyone. I did my best to create the story so that you wind up thinking for yourself. What I'm doing differently with Vitamin X & the Memory Detective Series I'm not pretending fiction automatically teaches. I'm treating fiction as a delivery system for how various mnemonic methods work and as a kind of cheerleading mechanism that encourages you to engage in proper, deliberate practice. Practice of what? 1) Concentration meditation. Throughout the story, Detective Williams struggles to learn and embrace the memory-based meditation methods of his mentor, Jerome. You get to learn more about these as you read the story. 2) Memory Palaces as anchors for sanity, not party tricks. In the library sequence, Williams tries to launch a mnemonic “boomerang” into a Memory Palace while hallucinatory imagery floods the environment. Taking influence from the ancient mnemonist, Hugh of St. Victor, Noah's Ark becomes a mnemonic structure. Mnemonic images surge and help Detective Williams combat his PTSD. To make this concrete, I've utilized the illustrations within the book itself. Just as the ancients used paintings and architectural drawings to encode knowledge, the artwork in Vitamin X isn’t just decoration. During the live bootcamp I’m running to celebrate the launch, I show you how to treat the illustrations as ‘Painting Memory Palaces.’ This effectively turns the book in your hands into a functioning mnemonic device, allowing you to practice the method of loci on the page before you even step out into the real world. Then there’s the self-help element, which takes the form of how memory work can help restore sanity. A PTSD theme runs throughout the Memory Detective series for two deliberate reasons. First, Detective Williams is partly based on Nic Castle. He's a former police officer who found symptom relief for his PTSD from using memory techniques. He shared his story on this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast years ago. Second, Nic's anecdotal experience is backed up by research. And even if you don't have PTSD, the modern world is attacking many of us in ways that clearly create similar symptom-like issues far worse than the digital amnesia I've been warning about for years. We get mentally hijacked by feeds, anxiety loops, and synthetic urgency. We lose our grip on reality and wonder why we can't remember what we read five minutes ago. That's just one more reason I made memory techniques function as reality-tests inside Vitamin X. 3) The critical safeguard: I explicitly separate fiction from technique. In Flyboy's afterword, I put it plainly: The plot is fictional, but the memory techniques are real. And because they're real, they require study and practice. I believe this boundary matters because research shows how easily readers absorb false “facts” from fiction. 4) To help you practice, I included a study guide. At the end of both Flyboy and Vitamin X, there are study guides. In Vitamin X, you'll find a concrete method for creating a Mnemonic Calendar. This is not the world's most perfect memory technique. But it's helpful and a bit more advanced than a technique I learned from Jim Samuels many years ago. In his version, he had his clients divide the days of the week into a Memory Palace. For his senior citizens in particular, he had them divide the kitchen. So if they had to take a particular pill on Monday, they would imagine the pill as a giant moon in the sink. Using the method of loci, this location would always serve as their mnemonic station for Monday. In Vitamin X, the detective uses a number-shape system. Either way, these kinds of techniques for remembering schedules are the antidote to the “illusion of understanding” problem, provided that you put them to use. They can be very difficult to understand if you don't. Why My Magnetic Fiction Solves the “Hobbyist” Problem A lot of memory training fails for one reason: People treat it as a hobby. They “learn” techniques the way people “learn” guitar: By watching a few videos and buying a book. While the study material sits on a shelf or lost in a hard drive, the consumer winds up never rehearsing. Never putting any skill to the test. And as a result, never enjoying integration with the techniques. What fiction can do is create: emotional stakes situational context identity consistency (“this is what I do now”) and enough momentum to carry you into real practice That's the point of the simulation. You're not just reading about a detective and his mentor using Memory Palaces and other memory techniques. You're watching what happens when a mind uses a Memory Palace to stay oriented. And you can feel that urgency in your own nervous system while you read. That's the “cognitive gym” effect, I'm going for. It's also why I love this note from Andy, because it highlights the exact design target I'm going for: “I finished Flyboy last night. Great book! I thought it was eminently creative, working the memory lessons into a surprisingly intricate and entertaining crime mystery. Well done!” Or as the real-life Sherlock Holmes Ben Cardall put it the Memory Detective stories are: …rare pieces of fiction that encourages reflection in the reader. You don’t just get the drama, the tension and the excitement from the exploits of its characters. You also get a look at your own capabilities as though Anthony is able to make you hold a mirror up to yourself and think ‘what else am I capable of’? A Practical Way to Read These Novels for Memory Training If you want the benefits without the traps we've discussed today: Read Vitamin X for immersion first (let transportation do its job). Then read it again with a simple study goal. This re-reading strategy is important because study-goal framing will improve comprehension and reduce overconfidence. During this second read-through, actually use the Mnemonic Calendar. Then, test yourself by writing out what you remember from the story. If you make a mistake, don't judge yourself. Simply use analytical thinking to determine what went wrong and work out how you can improve. The Future: Learning Through Story is About to Intensify Here's the uncomfortable forecast: Even though I’m generally pro-AI for all kinds of outcomes and grateful for my discussions with Andrew Mayne about it (host of the OpenAI Podcast), AI could make the generation of personalized narratives that target your fears, identity, and desires trivial. That means there’s the risk that AI will also easily transform your beliefs. The same machinery that can create “education you can't stop reading” can also create persuasion you barely notice. Or, as Michael Connelly described in his novel, The Proving Ground, we might notice the effects of this persuasion far more than we’d like. My research on narrative persuasion and misinformation underscores why this potential outcome is not hypothetical. So the real question isn't “Should we teach with fiction?” The question is: Will we build fiction that creates personal agency… or engineer stories that steal it? My aim with Flyboy, Vitamin X and the series finale is simple and focused on optimizing your ability: to use story as a motivation engine to convert that motivation into deliberate practice to make a wide range of memory techniques feel as exciting for you as they are for me and to give your attention interesting tests in a world engineered to fragment it. If you want better memory, this is your challenge: Don't read Vitamin X for entertainment alone. Read it to see if you can hold on to reality while the world spins out of control. When you do, you'll be doing something far rarer than collecting tips. You'll be swinging the axe. A very sharp axe indeed. And best of all, your axe for learning and remembering more information at greater speed will be Magnetic.

Savoir situer fleuves, rivières, mers et océans, connaître les principales chaînes de montagnes, localiser les pays et leurs frontières, appréhender les flux migratoires, les conséquences de l'urbanisation ou du réchauffement climatique... Voici une liste non exhaustive de ce que nous enseigne la géographie.  Des savoirs essentiels pour représenter l'espace, comprendre le monde qui nous entoure et la place qu'on y occupe. Et depuis, l'arrivée du GPS dans notre quotidien, il est désormais facile de se géolocaliser et de se promener virtuellement aux quatre coins de la planète. Pourtant, si la géographie cherche à nous expliquer le monde en le décrivant, elle s'appuie sur des cartes qui reflètent une certaine vision. Par exemple, début 2025, la décision de Donald Trump de rebaptiser le «Golfe du Mexique» en «Golfe d'Amérique» a été reprise sur Google Maps, le leader mondial de la cartographie numérique. Autre exemple, la projection du Mercator, créée à l'origine pour la navigation maritime, devenue la carte la plus utilisée au monde, fait l'objet de contestation. Dans cette version, la taille de l'Afrique est notamment sous-estimée.   Représenter la forme des continents, la hauteur des montagnes, transcrire la surface sphérique de la terre sur du papier, nécessite des conventions et des normes. La géographie n'est donc pas une matière neutre comme on pourrait le croire. Dans ce contexte, comment enseigner la géographie ?  Cette émission est une rediffusion du 12 novembre 2025  Avec : • Nicolas Lambert, ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, au Centre pour l'analyse spatiale et la géovisualisation. Enseignant en cartographie et webmapping à l'Université de Paris Cité. Co-auteur avec Françoise Bahoken de Cartographia, comment les géographes (re)dessinent le Monde (Armand Colin – 2025) • Labaly Touré, enseignant chercheur, responsable de la filière Géomatique, à l'Université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) à Kaolack, au Sénégal.   En première partie de l'émission, l'école autour du Monde. Direction Bangkok avec notre correspondante Juliette Chaignon. En mars 2025, la Thaïlande a annoncé assouplir les règles concernant le fait de porter les cheveux longs et détachés à l'école. La loi nationale de 1972, écrite pendant la dictature militaire, a été abrogée et désormais les écoles publiques décident de leur propre règlement. Mais 6 mois après cette décision, des cas de sanctions perdurent.  En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils du psychologue Ibrahima Giroux, professeur à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal.  Programmation musicale : ► Deux et Demi - Orelsan ► Skido – Victony / Olamide. 

Savoir situer fleuves, rivières, mers et océans, connaître les principales chaînes de montagnes, localiser les pays et leurs frontières, appréhender les flux migratoires, les conséquences de l'urbanisation ou du réchauffement climatique... Voici une liste non exhaustive de ce que nous enseigne la géographie.  Des savoirs essentiels pour représenter l'espace, comprendre le monde qui nous entoure et la place qu'on y occupe. Et depuis, l'arrivée du GPS dans notre quotidien, il est désormais facile de se géolocaliser et de se promener virtuellement aux quatre coins de la planète. Pourtant, si la géographie cherche à nous expliquer le monde en le décrivant, elle s'appuie sur des cartes qui reflètent une certaine vision. Par exemple, début 2025, la décision de Donald Trump de rebaptiser le «Golfe du Mexique» en «Golfe d'Amérique» a été reprise sur Google Maps, le leader mondial de la cartographie numérique. Autre exemple, la projection du Mercator, créée à l'origine pour la navigation maritime, devenue la carte la plus utilisée au monde, fait l'objet de contestation. Dans cette version, la taille de l'Afrique est notamment sous-estimée.   Représenter la forme des continents, la hauteur des montagnes, transcrire la surface sphérique de la terre sur du papier, nécessite des conventions et des normes. La géographie n'est donc pas une matière neutre comme on pourrait le croire. Dans ce contexte, comment enseigner la géographie ?  Cette émission est une rediffusion du 12 novembre 2025  Avec : • Nicolas Lambert, ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, au Centre pour l'analyse spatiale et la géovisualisation. Enseignant en cartographie et webmapping à l'Université de Paris Cité. Co-auteur avec Françoise Bahoken de Cartographia, comment les géographes (re)dessinent le Monde (Armand Colin – 2025) • Labaly Touré, enseignant chercheur, responsable de la filière Géomatique, à l'Université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) à Kaolack, au Sénégal.   En première partie de l'émission, l'école autour du Monde. Direction Bangkok avec notre correspondante Juliette Chaignon. En mars 2025, la Thaïlande a annoncé assouplir les règles concernant le fait de porter les cheveux longs et détachés à l'école. La loi nationale de 1972, écrite pendant la dictature militaire, a été abrogée et désormais les écoles publiques décident de leur propre règlement. Mais 6 mois après cette décision, des cas de sanctions perdurent.  En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils du psychologue Ibrahima Giroux, professeur à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal.  Programmation musicale : ► Deux et Demi - Orelsan ► Skido – Victony / Olamide. 

Maps have always had problems. Five hundred years ago, maps were wildly inaccurate simply because cartographers were drawing the edge of the known world, limited by slow ships and nonexistent satellite data, resulting in continents that were too large, too small, or entirely misplaced. All of those problems have been solved thanks to new technology, but now there are new ones. Even though we know the exact dimensions of Earth, our maps are still "wrong" because we force a three-dimensional globe onto a flat surface, leading to mathematical distortions like the Mercator projection, which wildly exaggerates the size of landmasses near the poles. One map that tries to correct the Mercator projection's distortion of landmass sizes is the Gall-Peters projection, but to achieve this size accuracy, it severely stretches and distorts shapes, particularly near the poles, making Alaska look like a whirlpool or expanding pinwheel. To make it even more confusing, there are maps that were deliberately tweaked to hide government secrets or those drawn with junk data just to trick an enemy into giving up territory. But for today’s guests, Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, they enjoy these sort of cartographic oddities. They are the authors of “This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong and Why it Matters.” We discuss all sorts of maps that went wrong—from the infamous Mountains of Kong—a completely made-up mountain range that ran East-West across the entire African continent--to colonial maps with mathematically impossible borders and US states with fake cities. We also discuss The frequent omissions of New Zealand on maps that use the Mercator projection Maps that will land you in prison depending on which countries claim certain territories Cold War-era Soviet paranoia that falsified virtually all maps for decades on the direct orders of secret police See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Savoir situer fleuves, rivières, mers et océans, connaître les principales chaînes de montagnes, localiser les pays et leurs frontières, appréhender les flux migratoires, les conséquences de l'urbanisation ou du réchauffement climatique...Voici une liste non exhaustive de ce que nous enseigne la géographie.  Des savoirs essentiels pour représenter l'espace, comprendre le monde qui nous entoure et la place qu'on y occupe. Et depuis, l'arrivée du GPS dans notre quotidien, il est désormais facile de se géolocaliser et de se promener virtuellement aux quatre coins de la planète. Pourtant, si la géographie cherche à nous expliquer le monde en le décrivant, elle s'appuie sur des cartes qui reflètent une certaine vision. Par exemple, début 2025, la décision de Donald Trump de rebaptiser le “Golfe du Mexique” en “Golfe d'Amérique” a été reprise sur Google Maps, le leader mondial de la cartographie numérique. Autre exemple, la projection du Mercator, créée à l'origine pour la navigation maritime, devenue la carte la plus utilisée au monde, fait l'objet de contestation. Dans cette version, la taille de l'Afrique est notamment sous-estimée.   Représenter la forme des continents, la hauteur des montagnes, transcrire la surface sphérique de la terre sur du papier, nécessite des conventions et des normes. La géographie n'est donc pas une matière neutre comme on pourrait le croire.  Dans ce contexte, comment enseigner la géographie ?  Avec : • Nicolas Lambert, Ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, au centre pour l'analyse spatiale et la géo visualisation. Enseignant en cartographie et webmapping à l'université de Paris Cité. Co-auteur avec Françoise Bahoken de Cartographia, comment les géographes (re)dessinent le Monde (Armand Colin – 2025) • Labaly Touré, Enseignant Chercheur, responsable de la filière Géomatique, à l'université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) à Kaolack, au Sénégal.   En première partie de l'émission, l'école autour du Monde. Direction Bangkok avec notre correspondante Juliette Chaignon. En mars dernier, la Thaïlande a annoncé assouplir les règles concernant le fait de porter les cheveux longs et détachés à l'école. La loi nationale de 1972, écrite pendant la dictature militaire, a été abrogée et désormais les écoles publiques décident de leur propre règlement. Mais 6 mois après cette décision des cas de sanctions perdurent.  En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils du psychologue Ibrahima Giroux, professeur à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal.  Programmation musicale : ► Deux et Demi - Orelsan ► Skido – Victony / Olamide 

Savoir situer fleuves, rivières, mers et océans, connaître les principales chaînes de montagnes, localiser les pays et leurs frontières, appréhender les flux migratoires, les conséquences de l'urbanisation ou du réchauffement climatique... Voici une liste non exhaustive de ce que nous enseigne la géographie.  Des savoirs essentiels pour représenter l'espace, comprendre le monde qui nous entoure et la place qu'on y occupe. Et depuis, l'arrivée du GPS dans notre quotidien, il est désormais facile de se géolocaliser et de se promener virtuellement aux quatre coins de la planète. Pourtant, si la géographie cherche à nous expliquer le monde en le décrivant, elle s'appuie sur des cartes qui reflètent une certaine vision. Par exemple, début 2025, la décision de Donald Trump de rebaptiser le «Golfe du Mexique» en «Golfe d'Amérique» a été reprise sur Google Maps, le leader mondial de la cartographie numérique. Autre exemple, la projection du Mercator, créée à l'origine pour la navigation maritime, devenue la carte la plus utilisée au monde, fait l'objet de contestation. Dans cette version, la taille de l'Afrique est notamment sous-estimée.   Représenter la forme des continents, la hauteur des montagnes, transcrire la surface sphérique de la terre sur du papier, nécessite des conventions et des normes. La géographie n'est donc pas une matière neutre comme on pourrait le croire. Dans ce contexte, comment enseigner la géographie ?  Avec : • Nicolas Lambert, ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, au Centre pour l'analyse spatiale et la géovisualisation. Enseignant en cartographie et webmapping à l'Université de Paris Cité. Co-auteur avec Françoise Bahoken de Cartographia, comment les géographes (re)dessinent le Monde (Armand Colin – 2025) • Labaly Touré, enseignant chercheur, responsable de la filière Géomatique, à l'Université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) à Kaolack, au Sénégal.   En première partie de l'émission, l'école autour du Monde. Direction Bangkok avec notre correspondante Juliette Chaignon. En mars 2025, la Thaïlande a annoncé assouplir les règles concernant le fait de porter les cheveux longs et détachés à l'école. La loi nationale de 1972, écrite pendant la dictature militaire, a été abrogée et désormais les écoles publiques décident de leur propre règlement. Mais 6 mois après cette décision, des cas de sanctions perdurent.  En fin d'émission, la chronique Un parent, une question et les conseils du psychologue Ibrahima Giroux, professeur à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis du Sénégal.  Programmation musicale : ► Deux et Demi - Orelsan ► Skido – Victony / Olamide. 

Gebruik je "hopla" in elke taal op dezelfde manier? Was Mercator een bron van desinformatie? Lezen Amerikanen ooit wel niet-Amerikanen? En toont vogelzang dezelfde wiskundige verhoudingen dan mensentaal? Niet meer en niet minder in deze aflevering van De Humaniakken.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prvi dogodek v okviru RTV projekta Prvič prijateljstvo smo v sodelovanju z Mladinskim informativnim in kulturnim klubom Murska Sobota organizirali 30. septembra 2025. Z mladimi sta se o prijateljstvu in pogumu pogovarjali Neža Prah Seničar in Urška Henigman, svoje izkušnje sta delila glasbenika Lucija Selak iz Ansambla Saša Avsenika in Tine Matjašič iz benda Alo!Stari, priredbo skladbe Prvič pa so pripravili Ka te trga. Poglavja: 00:01:07 Ka te trga, priredba komada Prvič 00:06:09 Mercator dečki in mladostniška prijateljstva 00:11:05 Družba mi da pogum, tvegano vedenje 00:21:52 Ali si moramo biti s prijatelji podobni? 00:25:00 Ali si se kdaj moral_a opravičiti prijateljem? 00:33:50 O čem sta se s prijatelji v najstniških letih pogovarjala Tine Matjašič in Lucija Selak 00:35:18 Kako se razlikujejo pogovori v živo in prek spleta? 00:44:44 Izločanje in prepiri 00:46:50 Različni interesi in različna mnenja med prijatelji 00:53:00 Sklepanje novih prijateljstev

Episode #513 consacré à Mercator Avec Didier Barzin   The post Mercator appeared first on NoLimitSecu.

In dieser Episode werfen wir einen detaillierten Blick auf Konflikte in Kommunen und deren Dynamiken mit den Expertinnen Professorin Beate Küpper und Doktorin Sonja Fücker. Wir diskutieren, wie lokale Herausforderungen, wie bauliche Veränderungen und soziale Integrationsfragen, als Ausgangspunkt für Konflikte dienen und wie diese Konflikte die Wahrnehmung auf lokaler und globaler Ebene beeinflussen. Zudem beleuchten wir die Diskrepanz zwischen den Wahrnehmungen der Bürger und den Einschätzungen von Experten hinsichtlich sozialer Ungleichheiten. Ein zentraler Punkt der Diskussion ist die Verantwortung von Kommunen als sowohl Konflikttreiber als auch aktive Akteure in der Konfliktbearbeitung. Wir thematisieren effektive Methoden der Konfliktlösung, die über Professionalisierung hinausgehen und die Integration verschiedener Perspektiven erfordern. Schließlich reflektieren wir die Herausforderungen der politischen Mitgestaltung und die Rolle von Schutzkonzepten für Akteure in der Konfliktbearbeitung.

On the Mercator projection, one of the world's most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, 14 Greenlands would easily fit inside the African continent. Criticism that the Mercator projection does not accurately reflect Africa's real size is not new. However, a recent campaign by African advocacy groups is gaining momentum online as it urges organizations and schools to adopt the Equal Earth projection, which they say more accurately displays the size of the continent of more than 1.4 billion people. The African Union, the continent's diplomatic organization with 55 member countries, endorsed the campaign last month in what advocates call a major milestone. The Mercator map was created in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles, such as North America and Greenland, while shrinking Africa and South America. The 2018 Equal Earth projection is a modern map that follows the Earth's curvature and shows continents in their true proportions, unlike the distorted Mercator map. The Mercator projection is still common in classrooms and tech platforms. Google Maps dropped the widely used projection for a 3D globe when viewed on a desktop browser in 2018, but users can switch back to the old map. The mobile app still defaults to the Mercator projection. Two African advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a campaign in April to push schools, followed by international organizations and media outlets, to use the Equal Earth projection, which it says more accurately reflects the true size of Africa. “Correcting the map is not only an African issue. It is a matter of truth and accuracy that concerns the entire world. When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they develop a biased view of Africa's role in the world,” said Fara Ndiaye, co-founder and deputy executive director of Speak Up Africa. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

The Mercator projection, a map that's been around for over 450 years and which most people use, distorts size. It stretches land masses farther from the equator. It can make Greenland looks the same size as Africa, when in reality Africa is actually around 14 times bigger. Campaigners want schools, organisations and governments to use a different one - the Equal Earth map. And now the African Union, which represents all 55 states on the continent, has endorsed the “Correct the Map” campaign.The BBC's Makuochi Okafor explains some of the arguments for switching to a different map and also the wider implications of showing Africa as smaller than it really is.Moky Makura, from Africa No Filter, tells us what her organisation is hoping to achieve with the Correct the Map campaign. Plus Edwin Rijkaart, known to his YouTube subscribers as Geodiode tells us why we use the Mercator projection in the first place. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Benita Barden, Chelsea Coates and Abiona Boja Editor: Verity Wilde

In this episode, we the information system mapping tool Mercator with Didier Barzin, a CISO at a hospital in Luxembourg. Discover how Mercator revolutionizes the way organizations map their complex information systems. From hospitals to universities and even the banking sector. Mercator helps manage and protect vast networks by creating dynamic, comprehensive maps that replace outdated Excel sheets. Join us as we explore the challenges and innovations in information security and the impact of Mercator on various industries. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-09-mercator-didier-barzin/

* This podcast was updated to include details of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate testimony, the confirmation hearing of Stephen Miran, and the death of Giorgio Armani. Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children. North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows full support for Russia's army. At least 15 people are dead after Lisbon's historic funicular crashed. The African Union backs a campaign to ditch the 16th century Mercator map in favor of one that shows Africa's true size. And it's a ‘maybe' for a Super Bowl halftime performance by Taylor Swift. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find the Recommended Read here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aubrey Masango speaks to Prince Zoza Shongwe, Historian on the campaign supported by the African Union to redraw the map of Africa. They touch on the nuances of possible changes that could ensue as a result of the success of this campaign . Tags: 702, The Aubrey Masango Show, Aubrey Masango, Africa At A Glance, Redraw, Map, Africa, Mercator Map, Distortion, African Union The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen. Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show. Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Caplin says a robot dog can now play badminton – as well as a 7-year-old. Mobile phone conversations can be picked up by radar, with limitations. After a trial, 3,500 solar-powered postboxes which accept parcels are being rolled out. The Guinness Book of Records is 70 years old; Steve tells us his favourites. The African Union is complaining that Mercator maps skew the size of land masses. There's a website that will show you proper country comparisons. And scientists have found a way to transplant behaviour – in fruit flies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Kamala Harris declined to run for California governor, the crowded field lacks a clear frontrunner. Former Congresswoman Katie Porter has a slight edge, but Rick Caruso could shake up the race.  Heat waves are among the deadliest natural disasters. Shade is a vital defense. But in cities like LA, it’s treated as a privilege, not a right. A new Hulu series revisits the story of Amanda Knox, the American college student studying abroad who was accused of killing her roommate. Knox and Monica Lewinsky are executive producers.  The colonial-era Mercator map distorts continental size, making Africa look smaller than it is. The 55-nation African Union joins the push to embrace a new world map.

El audio aborda varios temas de actualidad. La ministra Margarita Robles detalló la intervención de las Fuerzas Armadas y la UME en los incendios desde el 7 de julio, destacando el gran despliegue de efectivos y recursos. En la sección de sucesos, se informó sobre la investigación de la fiscalía de París y Niza por la muerte de un influencer durante una transmisión en vivo en la plataforma Kick, y la detención de personas relacionadas con el incidente en el recinto de los lobos de Cabárceno. En deportes, se mencionaron las denuncias de La Liga por cánticos contra Vinicius, fichajes de jugadores y resultados de tenis y ciclismo. Un punto destacado fue la discusión sobre la innovación espacial: el científico español Álvaro Romero Calvo propone un método para producir oxígeno en el espacio usando imanes, un avance que ha captado el interés de la NASA. También se debatió la petición de grupos africanos para modificar el mapamundi (proyección Mercator) para reflejar el tamaño real de ...

We reach a reporter in one of the refugee camps that's preparing to receive thousands of people who no longer have anywhere else to go. An advisor to embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams pressed an open bag of sour cream and onion chips on a reporter -- who tells us that, inside that bag, she was stunned to find something a lot spicier than she expected.Entire continents are in bad shape. But the African Union wants to change that -- by replacing the distorted Mercator projection maps with ones that provide a better perspective on our planet. A bus crash kills dozens of Afghan nationals who were expelled from Iran -- just a few of the thousands forced to face an uncertain future in a country they may not recognize. When a hike in B.C.'s beautiful Bugaboo Provincial Park goes sideways, our guest ends up on a helicopter, plucking some sixty cornered climbers out of harm's way. A psychiatrist describes the independent-minded people he has named "otroverts" -- a group that simply refuses to belong to a group. As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that's heard -- but not part of the herd.

Zikhona Valela, historian and author, to unpack Africa being misrepresented on the Mercator map and why this “false” representation has lasted for this long Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faut-il jeter nos vieilles cartes à la poubelle ? Ces planisphères sur lesquels les enfants apprennent encore la géographie dans de nombreux pays du monde ? C'est ce que demandent depuis des années deux associations qui ont lancé la campagne « Correct the Map » (corriger la carte, en français). Elles contestent la projection européenne « Mercator » du XVIè siècle qui réduit la taille de l'Afrique. L'Union africaine soutient désormais officiellement la campagne. Et vous ? Pensez-vous aussi que ce changement est indispensable pour redonner à l'Afrique sa juste place ? Au-delà de la carte, qu'est-ce que cela dit des représentations de l'Afrique dans le monde et de sa place dans le concert des Nations ? Donnez-nous votre avis !

Die Mercator-Karte aus dem 16. Jahrhundert ist bis heute Grundlage für Atlanten und Kartendienste. Die Afrikanische Union kritisiert nun die Darstellung und fordert Alternativen.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Lerato Mogoatlhe, from Africa No Filter, exploring how the Mercator map’s distortion continues to misrepresent Africa and why the Equal Earth projection offers a fairer picture of the continent. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Lerato Mogoatlhe, from Africa No Filter, exploring how the Mercator map’s distortion continues to misrepresent Africa and why the Equal Earth projection offers a fairer picture of the continent. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Correct the Map Campaign is encouraging governments and organisations to stop using the Mercator Projection in favour of a map that more accurately represents land area.Joining Seán to unpack this is Gerry Kearns, Geography Professor at Maynooth University...

La proyección de Mercator muestra a Europa y Norteamérica desproporcionadamente grandes con respecto a África.

The Correct the Map Campaign is encouraging governments and organisations to stop using the Mercator Projection in favour of a map that more accurately represents land area.Joining Seán to unpack this is Gerry Kearns, Geography Professor at Maynooth University...

Nama in Maximarket, legendarni veleblagovnici v središču Ljubljane, že nekaj časa kažeta zelo žalostno podobo. Bo o usodi majhnih in velikih trgovin odločal le interes kapitala, ali bi bilo treba prisluhniti tudi ljudem, ki jih hočejo in potrebujejo? Sogovorniki: Metod Brodnik, ki je v zlatih časih v Maximarketu vodil živilski oddelek, Tina Skubic, predsednica Sindikata delavcev trgovine Slovenije, Iztok Verdnik, direktor sektorja za korporativno komuniciranje v družbi Mercator, prof. dr. Bogomir Kovač, Ekonomska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Matic Bizjak, mestni menedžer MOL

How can the state of Colorado have nearly 700 sides? Why is a country's coastline as long as you want it to be? And how is it that your UPS driver has more routes to choose from than there are stars in the universe? Listen as mathematician Paulina Rowinska talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the mathematical tricks hiding in plain sight with every map we use. From the Mercator projection that warped how we see the world to the London Tube map that reinvented urban navigation, they discuss how distorting geography shapes our ability to navigate reality.

In 1538, Gerardus Mercator published a world map that preserved one of the last cartographic witnesses to an ancient truth—labeling the Lequii Populi at 10°N, right in the Philippines, not Japan or Ryukyu. This episode of The Smoking Quill exposes how Jesuit and colonial manipulation led to centuries of geographic confusion, wrongly relocating the Lequios and Zipangu to Japan. But Mercator's early maps, along with Ptolemy's Barusse and Basacata Isles, all point to the Philippines as the ancient Isles of Gold, Aurea Chersonesus.From Barbosa's 1516 identification of the Lequios in Luzon, to Mercator's correction of Ptolemaic errors in 1569, we trace a clear cartographic trail to Luzon, Mindanao, and Palawan as the real ancient lands of gold—Chryse, Barusse, and Basacata.

Lorsque nous imaginons une carte du monde, nous avons en tête une représentation bien précise : l'Amérique du Nord et l'Europe en haut, l'Amérique du Sud et l'Océanie en bas. Pourtant, cette orientation n'est pas une évidence universelle, mais le résultat de choix historiques, culturels et technologiques.Une question de convention historiqueAvant l'ère moderne, les cartes n'avaient pas d'orientation fixe. Dans l'Antiquité, les Égyptiens plaçaient souvent le sud en haut, car le Nil coulait du sud vers le nord. Les Chinois, eux, privilégiaient le sud en haut, car c'était symboliquement associé au pouvoir et à la divinité. Au Moyen Âge, les cartes européennes chrétiennes, appelées mappemondes T-O, plaçaient Jérusalem au centre et l'orient (l'est) en haut, d'où l'expression "s'orienter".Ce n'est qu'au XVIe siècle que le nord s'est imposé comme direction standard sur les cartes occidentales. Cette évolution est en grande partie due aux progrès de la cartographie et de la navigation. L'invention du compas magnétique, qui pointe naturellement vers le nord, a influencé la manière dont les marins représentaient le monde. De plus, les explorateurs européens de la Renaissance utilisaient des cartes basées sur la projection de Mercator (1569), qui positionnait le nord en haut pour faciliter la navigation maritime.Un choix influencé par l'eurocentrismeL'adoption définitive du nord en haut est aussi liée à l'hégémonie des puissances européennes. À mesure que les cartes devenaient des outils de domination et d'exploration, elles reflétaient la vision du monde des nations qui les produisaient. L'Europe, située dans l'hémisphère nord, occupait alors une place privilégiée en haut des cartes, renforçant une perception du monde où le nord semblait "supérieur" et le sud "inférieur".Une orientation arbitraireEn réalité, il n'y a aucune raison scientifique pour que le nord soit en haut. D'autres représentations existent : certaines cartes modernes placent le sud en haut pour remettre en question notre vision du monde. En Australie, il est même courant de voir des cartes où leur continent est en haut !Finalement, l'orientation des cartes est un choix culturel et historique. Elle pourrait être différente, mais nous sommes simplement habitués à voir le nord en haut… parce que ce sont les Européens qui ont imposé cette convention au fil des siècles. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Weltkarten in Nachrichtensendungen oder als Poster zeigen die Erdoberfläche meist in der Mercator-Projektion. Diese uns vertraute Weltsicht hat einige Tücken. So erscheint Grönland viel größer als es tatsächlich ist, Afrika dagegen viel zu klein. Lorenzen, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sternzeit

There is so, so much to take in this week. Hands up if you already know what The Mercator projection is? Plus, more control panel misery for Mr Whitehall and the G.O.A.T DL initialism yet.You can email your questions, thoughts or problems to TheWitteringWhitehalls@gmail.comOr, perhaps you'd like to send a WhatsApp message or Voice note? Why not?! Send them in to +447712147236This episode contains explicit language and adult themes that may not be suitable for all listeners.Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

"Pre-construction is actually just free construction because it's a lot of work up front that you don't often get paid for." - Chloe Smith, CEO of Mercator In today's episode of Bricks and Bytes, we sat down with Chloe Smith, who shared her journey of building Mercator, a construction tech startup that's changing how contractors find early-stage project opportunities. Tune in to discover: ✅ Why Mercator focuses only on Texas (for now) and how they plan to expand ✅ The power of hiring for talent over skill in a fast-growing startup ✅ How they built their own "accelerator" by carefully selecting operator-investors ✅ Their unique approach to product development through an intensive beta program with general contractors Listen to the full episode on Spotify to learn how Mercator is helping contractors get involved in projects before the bidding phase even begins - as Chloe puts it, "It's almost like using a marriage registry as a dating app." ------ 00:00 Intro 02:43 Introduction to Chloe Smith and Mercator 05:45 The Journey into Construction and Data Strategy 08:40 Understanding Mercator's Functionality 11:46 Data Sources and Technology Behind Mercator 14:50 The Role of Large Language Models 17:34 Target Customers and Market Focus 20:41 Project Detail Pages and User Experience 23:45 Data Visibility and Insights 26:29 Utilizing Construction Data for Industry Reports 29:50 Expansion from Canada to the US 32:48 Revenue Model and Future Growth 36:46 Understanding Product-Market Fit 38:57 The Fundraising Journey 45:07 Building a Strong Investor Network 51:44 Evolving Go-To-Market Strategies 1:02:43 Hiring for Talent vs. Skill 1:04:43 Defensibility in the Age of AI 1:05:20 Choosing the Right Mentors

In der 266. Episode von Irgendwas mit Recht begrüßen wir Marcel Werner, Justiziar der Stiftung Mercator, um über die vielseitigen Facetten des Stiftungsrechts und seine persönliche Laufbahn zu sprechen. Marcel gibt spannende Einblicke in die Definition und Bedeutung von Stiftungen als gemeinnützige Körperschaften, die dem Allgemeinwohl dienen und durch steuerliche Anreize gefördert werden. Er beschreibt die gesetzlichen Grundlagen im BGB und in der Abgabenordnung, die Organisation und den Unterschied zwischen klassischen und unternehmensverbundenen Stiftungen. Im Laufe des Gesprächs berichtet Marcel auch von seiner früheren Station bei der Krupp Stiftung und wie persönliche Kontakte und zufällige Begegnungen seine berufliche Richtung beeinflussten. Welche Projekte förderte die Stiftung Mercator in letzter Zeit? Welche Rolle spielen Initiativen zur sozialen Teilhabe sowie die digitale Gesellschaft in diesem Zusammenhang? Wie kann man parallel dazu noch als Of Counsel in einer Kanzlei tätig sein? Warum ergeben sich hierdurch spannende Synergien? Antworten auf diese und viele weitere Fragen erhaltet ihr von Marcel in dieser Folge eures Jurapodcasts zu allen Karrierethemen. Viel Spaß!

Dr. Michelle Cretella is a distinguished pediatrician, researcher, and former executive director of the American College of Pediatricians joins Trending with Timmerie.  What medical aftermath do we know occurs for minors who have been transitioned? (1:34) What anticipated influence will President Trump's administration have on medical policy over gender? (17:15) What needs to be restored in our Catholic medical understanding of the body? (27:34) Remorse of the feminists. What can we do? (44:28)  Resources mentioned :  Biological Integrity  https://biologicalintegrity.org/   Dr. Michelle Cretella episode: https://relevantradio.com/2024/02/pediatrician-on-transgender-treatment/   Detransitioner testimonies:  Chloe Cole episode  https://relevantradio.com/2023/05/chloe-destransitioned-from-being-a-boy/   Oli London episode  https://relevantradio.com/2023/09/detransitioner-oli-london-why-you-shouldnt-transition/   Abel Garcia Ep https://relevantradio.com/2022/10/he-identified-as-a-woman-detransitioned/   Listen to Sarah's story: how she became a feminist https://relevantradio.com/2024/08/the-most-influential-feminists-in-brazil-interview/   Chemical abortion nearly killed her  https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/chemical-abortion-nearly-killed-her/   Radical Feminist Who Desecrated Notre Dame Cathedral Apologizes to Catholics https://www.ncregister.com/blog/ex-femen-activist-apologizes-notre-dame-cathedral _______   The Sexless State of Cinema, by the Numbers - The Ringer   Women's sports Imane Khelif : ni ovaires ni utérus, mais des testicules  Remorse of the feminists 3 states remove definition of marriage from state constitutions | Catholic News Agency    Church in Argentina hails ‘exemplary ruling' against surrogacy | Catholic News Agency    One place in Japan where fertility is sky-high - Mercator   

durée : 00:04:16 - Chroniques littorales - par : Jose Manuel Lamarque - Mercator Océan International est un centre de prévision océanique bientôt intergouvernemental. Mais il y a d'autres centres de prévision océanique, et ce serait bien qu'ils travaillent tous ensemble, comme l'explique Pierre Bahurel, le directeur général de Mercator Océan International...

SIGN UP TO MY FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: resourceinsider.com John Harpole has spent over 40 years moving billions of cubic feet of natural gas across America. He is the Founder and President of Mercator Energy, a company that brokers natural gas for producers and end-users in the western United States. Today, Mercator manages over a billion cubic feet of gas per day, representing about 1% of US natural gas production. In an industry known for its volatility, where fortunes are made and lost in a day, John has unprecedented access to information. For show notes, please visit: resourceinsider.com/061-john-harpole Follow Resource Insider: ​Twitter: twitter.com/Jamie_Keech​​ YouTube: youtube.com/@resourceinsider693 LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/in/jamiekeech ----- DISCLAIMER: Ivaldi Venture Capital Ltd. – parent company of resourceinsider.com – is not a registered investment advisor or broker/dealer. Viewers are advised that the material contained herein are solely for entertainment purposes. Neither resourceinsider.com, Ivaldi Venture Capital Ltd, or any of their principals or employees purport to tell or suggest which investment securities members, viewers or readers should buy or sell for themselves or others. Readers, viewers, subscribers, site users and anyone reading or viewing material published by the above-mentioned entities or individuals should always conduct their own research and due diligence and obtain professional advice before making an investment decision. The above- noted entities and their principles, employees and contractors are not liable for any loss or damage caused by a reader's reliance on information obtained in any of its our posts, newsletters, special reports, videos, podcasts, email correspondence, membership services or any of our websites. Viewers are solely responsible for their investment decisions. The information contained herein does not constitute a representation by Ivaldi Venture Capital Ltd, resourceinsider.com or any of their principals or employees, nor does such constitute a solicitation for the purchase or sale of securities. Our opinions and analysis are based on sources believed to be reliable, but no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made as to their accuracy or completeness of such information, opinion and/or analysis. All information contained in our newsletters, on our website or YouTube channel, or in this video should be independently verified with the companies and individuals mentioned. The editor and publisher are not responsible for errors or omissions. Ivaldi Venture Capital Ltd, resourceinsider.com and/or their principals and employees may receive compensation from time to time from the companies or individuals that may be mentioned in our newsletter, videos, podcasts special reports or on our websites. You should assume a conflict of interest and proceed accordingly. Any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Principals, owners, employees and contractors have the right to buy and sell securities mentioned on our websites, videos or other channels of communication without providing notice of such purchases and sales. You should assume that if a company is discussed in this video, or on any content or websites produced by Ivaldi Venture Capital Ltd, resourceinsider.com or by any of their principals or employees, that their principles and/or employees have purchased securities, or may make an investment in the future in a company that we cover and/or discuss.

V epizodi 150 je bil moj gost Zoran Janković, župan občine Ljubljana. Poznan tudi kot nekdanji predsednik uprave družbe Mercator, d.d.. V epizodi se dotakneva naslednjih tematik: Pri delu ne uporabljam računalnika Odraščanje s knjigami, politična usmeritev in javni sektor Mestna občina Ljubljana, Ljubljanica - mestno kopališče Sežigalnica Ljubljana, zelena politika, selitev remize LPP Proces kolegija, dogovarjanje, delovanje župana Mercator, vodenje uspešne trgovine, ekonomija obsega Ključni kazalniki uspeha in projekti mesta Ljubljana Otroštvo, vrednote in odraščanje Razvoj Ljubljane, sodelovanje in pretok informacij Kritike, obtožbe Moč, blagovna znamka Odnos z Janezom Janšo Nasvet novim generacijam ========================================­===== Prijavi se na newsletter in vsak petek prejmi 5 linkov, ki jih ustvarjalci podkastov Dialog in RE:MOAT izberemo tisti teden (knjige, dokumentarci, članki, podkast epizode …). https://aidea.si/aidea-mailing-lista  ========================================­===== AIDEA Podkast: Pogovori o zavesti, vesolju, naši kulturi, tehnologiji in prihodnosti človeštva ... Pogovori o idejah. Vodi Klemen Selakovič Spletna stran: https://aidea.si Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aidea_podkast/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@klemenselakovic 

Episode: 2301 Making sports balls: how to get from flat to round.  Today, scientist Andrew Boyd makes flat into round.

This podcast focuses on the life and work of Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), who mapped the world in a new way, and the geographic implications of his life and work.    The post Mercator: Mapping the World in a New Way appeared first on Joseph Kerski, Ph.D. - Geographer.

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Chloe Smith, CEO & Co-Founder of Mercator AI, an AI-powered business development platform for commercial general contractors that has raised $4.5 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Background and Inspiration: Chloe comes from a background in data strategy and marketing, not directly from construction, but her family's involvement in the industry piqued her interest and led to the inception of Mercator AI. Cross-Industry Application: Although her background is not in construction, Chloe's experience in data strategy and marketing allowed her to identify and address a gap in the construction industry, demonstrating the value of cross-industry application of skills. Foundational Shifts: Mercator AI helps construction businesses identify early project opportunities by tracking land development, which allows their clients to engage earlier and more effectively in potential projects. Navigating Industry Challenges: Chloe discusses the challenges of transitioning from other sectors to construction tech, highlighting the importance of understanding and adapting to industry-specific dynamics. Focus on Business Development: The platform is designed to 'force multiply' the efforts of business developers in the construction industry by streamlining the research and pursuit process, fundamentally changing how contractors approach new opportunities. Early Struggles and Adjustments: Reflecting on the initial challenges, Chloe emphasizes the importance of resilience and adaptability, sharing an anecdote about early investor interactions that shaped the company's trajectory.   Sponsors: Front Lines — We help B2B tech companies launch, manage, and grow podcasts that drive demand, awareness, and thought leadership. www.FrontLines.io The Global Talent Co. — We help tech startups find, vet, hire, pay, and retain amazing marketing talent that costs 50-70% less than the US & Europe. www.GlobalTalent.co

durée : 00:04:12 - Chroniques littorales - par : Jose Manuel Lamarque - Mercator Océan International étudie les données océaniques. Pierre Bahurel, son directeur général, présente Mercator International dans les Chroniques Littorales.

Happy hump day scummers! In this instalment, the boys are joined by Simon (aka 3 Ogryns In A Trenchcoat) from Second best guides. He gives his villain origin story, his foray into the glorious tradition of Ogryn warfare, picks a terrible favourite lasgun pattern and makes Spamuel apologise on the record. We talk to him about his website and why he is making it his personal mission to bring life to the non house gangs and make sure that everyone knows how to get their absolute bang for their buck when using them. If you haven't seen the work Simon is doing, make sure you check it out. If you have questions, complaints, corrections or suggestions, email us at  Underhivelorekeepers@gmail.com. Want to support the show? ⁠https://linktr.ee/underhivelorekeepers Second Best Guides! https://www.secondbestguides.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/underhivelorekeepers/message

In this episode of Medsider Radio, we had a fun chat with Trent Reutiman, CEO of Mercator MedSystems. Trent and his team have developed microinfusion devices with the unique ability to locally and directly deliver targeted therapeutics during catheter-based interventions where mechanical therapy isn't sufficient.  Trent has 25 years of leadership experience in medtech including roles in sales, marketing, and business management with a focus on minimally invasive interventional products for companies like IDEV, ROX Medical, RITA Medical Systems, Guidant, and Cordis.In this interview, Trent talks about the importance of generating data, how to balance commercial efforts with clinical initiatives, and why meticulous management is critical for successful commercialization. Before we dive into the discussion, I wanted to mention a few things:First, if you're into learning from medical device and health technology founders and CEOs, and want to know when new interviews are live, head over to Medsider.com and sign up for our free newsletter.Second, if you want to peek behind the curtain of the world's most successful startups, you should consider a Medsider premium membership. You'll learn the strategies and tactics that founders and CEOs use to build and grow companies like Silk Road Medical, AliveCor, Shockwave Medical, and hundreds more!We recently introduced some fantastic additions exclusively for Medsider premium members, including playbooks, which are curated collections of our top Medsider interviews on key topics like capital fundraising and risk mitigation, and a curated investor database to help you discover your next medical device or health technology investor!In addition to the entire back catalog of Medsider interviews over the past decade, premium members also get a copy of every volume of Medsider Mentors at no additional cost, including the latest Medsider Mentors Volume V. If you're interested, go to medsider.com/subscribe to learn more.Lastly, if you'd rather read than listen, here's a link to the full interview with Trent Reutiman.

We start with some listener feedback and corrections regarding Tridentinosaurus Antiquus – the origin of its name was wrong and despite what we said, it wasn't a a dinosaur. In TWISH we hear about Gerardus Mercator, the man behind most world maps. Then we get to the news:SWEDEN: Companies exploit fear of war to sell pretty useless and expensive “emergency equipment”RUSSIA: Rumors surrounding the death of Alexei NavalnyINTERNATIONAL: How harmful are ultra-processed foods?UK: Cochrane UK closing shopThe UK government gets this week's Really Wrong Award for covering up the statistics about the deaths of homeless people.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's convention season, and the big one is almost upon us, as board gamers across America prepare to descend on Indiana. Gen Con! We won't be there this year, but that won't stop us anticipating what we could be playing at the show. Before we want what we can't have, we talk about Fancy Feathers, Beast, Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020, and Mercator. Timecodes: 02:43 - Fancy Feathers 08:31 - Beast 16:55 - Mr. President: The American Presidency 22:43 - Merkator 29:53 - Aurum 31:12 - Age of Innovation 35:06 - Ahau: Rulers of Yucatán 37:03 - Inheritors 40:11 - City of the Great Machine 42:41 - The Fox Experiment 44:01 - SpellBook 46:13 - Tesseract 48:15 - Wild Tiled West 50:14 - Kutná Hora: The City of Silver 52:38 - General Orders: World War II  54:13 - 3 Ring Circus 56:21 - Wandering Towers 1:00:32 - The Search for Lost Species 1:01:02 - Legacies Send us topic ideas at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/topics Check out our wiki at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/wiki Join the discussion at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/discord Join our Facebook group at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/facebook Get a Board Game Barrage T-shirt at: https://boardgamebarrage.com/store

Think about the world. You might be picturing a globe in a classroom, with its patchwork of multi-colored nations. Or perhaps you have an image of a 2-D map in your head, the famous Mercator projection, a static jigsaw puzzle of borders and countries. From elementary school classrooms to the Olympic stage, the globe and the map tell a story of how the world works, one in which state sovereignty reigns supreme, from the Treaty of Westphalia until now. But what if that's only part of the story? As Quinn Slobodian writes, “The modern world is pockmarked, perforated, tattered and jagged, ripped up and pinpricked. Inside the containers of nations are unusual legal spaces, anomalous territories and peculiar jurisdictions..”Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien spoke with Quinn, Professor of History at Wellesley College, to discuss his new book, “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.” They talked about some of these sites of exception—the city-states, havens, enclaves, free ports, high-tech parks, duty-free districts, and other spaces Quinn calls zones; why states give up these slivers of sovereignty; and how the world actually works, as Quinn sees it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holly and Tracy talk about Alexis Soyer's legendary charm, Emma Jones, and famine soup. They also talk about the globes and maps they grew up with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.