Or arguably, your explanation was at least as pointless as the original. And it is absolutely related to the article. The very concept and terminology of "gap"

Or arguably, your explanation was at least as pointless as the original. And it is absolutely related to the article. The very concept and terminology of "gap" is the first thing Rosling critiques in Factfulness, as a faulty way of thinking that misleads us and keeps us from seeing the truth about the state of the world.