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Most of the world's population lives inside the Valeriepieris circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepie
by yorwba 4y ago
Most of the world's population lives inside the Valeriepieris circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle which is covered by the time zones UTC+5 through UTC+8.
So if you want to be as close as possible to as many people as possible, somewhere in Myanmar would be a better choice than London.
Of course the calculus changes if you also consider how much money each of these people has access to.
- b112 4y agoMost means "almost all". Your link says about 50%.
- labster 4y agohttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/most https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/most “More than half of” is one of the definitions
- richardw 4y agoInteresting. I think differently but seems there are multiple interpretations. Of course we feel most people would agree with our version ;) https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55920/is-most-equivalent-to-a-majority-of https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55920/is-most-eq...
- hxtk 4y agoI've certainly seen "most" used to mean "almost all", and it appears as though you're feeling a little annoyed to see it used that way because you consider it misleading. I've also frequently seen "most" used to mean "a majority", though, in which case GP's use of the term is precisely consistent with the facts in their source.
- taneq 4y agoLooks like most people disagree. ;)
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoIt's probably one reason why Singapore is a popular location for multinationals to have an office.
- raverbashing 4y agoYes, you are not necessarily interested in the population barycenter, but more on the money barycenter That changes the equation