Jul 23, 2017 · 1 min read
The point of this article would be much better carried with a better map. The relevant metric isn’t land mass but people. A cartogram based on population and colored by network would illustrate the situation differently and make the commentary about Russia as a rounding error much more understandable. Here’s an example:
http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-it-looks-like-to-map-countries-by-population
