"Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy."Paul Simon, " 59th Street Bridge Song," 1965
An 83-year old friend told me to give myself a break.
"You aren't listening to your body," he said. "You wanted to keep up with the farm workers you hired, so you overdid it. You lost perspective on yourself and you reopened your hernia. Your pain is a message. Don't try to work through it. Enjoy idleness. Idleness is wisdom."
He cited Pierre Teilhard de Chadin, as if that would give weight to his advice. My friend is ten years older than I am, and I respect his experience.
So, in idleness and in search of perspective, I googled "maps that will change your perspective." Also "curious maps that will change how you see the world." There are a wealth of sites to occupy idleness. Maps like these:
Above: A projection that shows the true size of continents
Above: Perspective on population sizes
Above: Perspective on media
Above: Perspective on public employee salaries
Above: Perspective on how easy it is to Gerrymander
Above: Perspective on where people live
Above: Perspective and clarification of "England," "Great Britain," "United Kingdom", and "British Isles."
There are hundreds more maps like these. I am taking it easy.
For diversion, I appreciate the images on Beautiful Public Data-
thttps://www.beautifulpublicdata.com