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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by DamnianWayne@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Did you read the article? I think your questions/complaints are answered there.

Tldr; the new map solves some distortions (to the tune of 14x) but also there’s a human element to this. It seems like an obvious and overdue improvement.

Retaining an inferior map because they won’t be used for navigation is an odd defence.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 7 minutes ago

It's a classic dumb argument: "if it wont solve it 100%, lets just leave it completely broken"

These are the people most easily manipulated.