Quotation
We start by turning the surface of the sea into millions of vectors and perform a fractal matrix analysis showing how each vector evolves over time — given various initial conditions of air and water temperature, wind, tides, waves, currents, solar gain, and other factors. It essentially draws a multidimensional Poincaré map of the ocean’s surface.
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We love garbage that comes in from the sea. Every piece tells the tale of its travels.”
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“Sounds like a reasonable assumption to me.” “The problem is that it is an assumption. Having made the assumption, they’re now trying to massage the data to prove it.”
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China’s footwear revenue is nearly seventy billion dollars a year. Why, Dongguan alone has fifteen hundred factories — many of them no bigger than a restaurant.”