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“Mackay’s masterwork sets out in crystalline and quotable prose how men and women throughout history have been hustled, scammed, bamboozled and willingly led astray by themselves or others.”

—Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds is available as a free ebook from @gutenberg_org

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Project GutenbergMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by MackayFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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“Charles Mackay's book … enjoys extraordinarily high renown in the financial industry and among the press and the public. It also has an extraordinarily low reputation among historians. […] Mackay’s story provides another example of a renowned expert on bubbles who decides that ‘this time is different.’”

—Andrew Odlyzko, SSRN, 26 Feb 2011
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Charles Mackay's Own Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Railway Mania Andrew Odlyzko Abstract Charles Mackay's book "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" enjoys extraordinarily high renown in the financial industry and among the press and the public. It also has an extraordinarily low reputation among historians. This paper argues that Mackay's sins of commission were dwarfed by his sins of omission. He lived through several giant investment manias in Britain, yet he did not discuss them in his books. An investigation of Mackay's newspaper writings shows that he was one of the most ardent cheerleaders for the Railway Mania, the greatest and most destructive of these episodes of extreme investor exuberance. Mackay's story provides another example of a renowned expert on bubbles who decides that "this time is different." His moves through a sequence of delusions help explain the length and damage of the Railway Mania. He was a free market and technology enthusiast, and faced many issues that are important today, such as government ownership or regulation, interconnection, standardization, structural separation, and analogs to net neutrality. A crushing national debt and high unemployment in an economy pulling out of a deep depression (and in perceived danger of falling into another one) were very important in shaping attitudes towards railway expansion. The analogies and contrasts between Mackay's time and ours are instructive.
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“its power as a starter in crowd psychology comes from Mackay’s insistence on humanising the follies he describes. No macroeconomic constructs here – just good old greed, optimism, superstition & cunning plans”

—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) was born #OTD, 27 March – best remembered today for his 1841 book Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

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Rachel
So many probably wouldn’t assume this of me because the cute aesthetic of a lot if my store, but I’m an old goth who has always loved the subject of Victorian mourning and am a collector of Victorian mourning jewelry.

This is probably a pretty niche collection, but those who like the subject, I hope find you some appreciation in this little labor of love.

This set of 6 decorative buttons feature symbols commonly used in Victorian mourning jewelry all in black acrylic for that jet/onyx look.

#victorian #victorianmourning #macabre #gothic #goth #gothaesthetic #gothcrafts #crafts #sewing #knitting #crochet #craftsupplies #fashion #costume #cosplay #handmade #historical #thecraftbunnystore
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Dudley Storey
"British Navy Officer’s Compass, Victorian Era" (c. 1855)

An attempt at photorealism in Blender. Grime and scratches added to the mahogany case, fingerprint smudges on the glass, using PBR textures from Poliigon. Lit with an HDRI and rendered in Cycles.

#Blender #b3d #3drendering #Blender3D #blendercommunity #rendering #3d #3drender #rendering3d #render #blenderrender #cyclesrender #3dmodeling #victorian #antique #compass #hardsurfacemodelling #hardsurface
3D rendering of a Victorian naval compass with a mahogany case and glass dome cover, seen from above.
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Samantha Ohlsen Photography

4 years in the making - A Photographer's Guide: The Great Ocean Road is finally on sale via kickstarter:

kickstarter.com/projects/gorbo.

*750 pages
* E-book and hardcover book available
* This is the ultimate guide for photographer's travelling to the Great Ocean Road & Otways region

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#greatoceanroadtrip
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#landscapephotography
#visitvictoria
#discovervictoria
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Dudley Storey
“Old Love”

An organic modelling experiment using custom curve bevels in Blender. I'm quite proud of the oil paint craquelure - one of my first completely original procedural materials - but it still needs a little work before it's perfect.

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3D rendering of an oil painting with an ornate organic gold frame.
Close up of a 3D rendering of an ornate organic gold painting frame.
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