The illustrations in this book are not decoration; they are part of the argument. Images compress complex systems into something the eye can hold at once: a chart, a diagram, a historical artifact, a visual metaphor.
Crediting them matters for two reasons. First, it respects the craft of turning information into form. Second, it quietly exposes how much modern knowledge depends on visual language—graphs, interfaces, dashboards—tools that train us to trust what is measurable.
In a world drifting toward data worship, pictures can become evidence by sheer authority. Image credits are a small reminder that every visual is selected, framed, and contextualized by someone.
The future may be written in numbers, but it will be sold in images. Knowing where those images come from is part of staying awake.