Henri Cartier-Bresson. A couple sleeping on a train. Romania, 1975

“The man of knowledge must not only love his enemies, but also be able to hate his friends. One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part One, “On the Gift-Giving Virtue, §3” (edited excerpt).

This was what Manhattan would look like in 1980, according to the 1930 film Just Imagine: different traffic levels, pedestrian bridges, skyscrapers, airplanes, and dirigible landings.

Nuclear Test Area, Northern End of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, 1996

Russian acting president - Alexander Rutskoy and his followers with AKS-74U's during the Russian constitutional crisis. Moscow, 1993

Warm lights for cold nights

Boys fly a kite made of banknotes. Hyperinflation in Germany, 1923.

Massive column of water rises from the ocean as an Atomic Bomb detonates at Bikini Atoll in the pacific during the first underwater nuclear test july 25th 1946

“As long as there have been men, man has felt too little joy: that alone, my brothers, is our original sin. Learning better to feel joy, we learn best not to hurt others or to plan hurts for them.”

—F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Part Two, “On the Pitying” (excerpt).