This seems to come up a lot lately. I don't see why this matters. If you're doing something like charting a flight path where it actually matters what the real

This seems to come up a lot lately. I don't see why this matters. If you're doing something like charting a flight path where it actually matters what the real sizes are, I'm sure you have access to the correct information. If you're just going about your normal life as a dental hygienist or something, what difference does it make if Russia is not as big as you assume? > Are these maps chosen for good reasons and these distortions are a side-effect, or are they purposefully deceitful? Are there better maps we could choose? I’ll explore this in the premium article this week. Subscribe to read it! Ah, I see. It's just bait to drive subscriptions. You can read for free on Wikipedia about why the Mercator projection is useful for navigation. What is wrong with people that they assume there is some evil cabal of mustache-twisting villains who deliberately make misleading maps?