An overview of some key Mental Models, from physics to literature. Hagstrom does a good job of demonstrating Charlie's theory that models for various disciplines are more powerful in aggregate than they are on their own.
The Shipping Forecast turns our landscape into a slightly ethereal world, inhabited by communities we are connected to but know nothing about
“I feel chastened on nights like this when I see storm force 11, and think there are people out there contending with that weather, putting their lives at risk in pursuit of their livelihood – be it in the navy, on fishing boats or just lone travellers.”