How a 500 Year Old Map Still Distorts Our World (#322)
The most familiar world map, the Mercator projection, distorts reality by making northern countries appear vastly larger than equatorial ones, shaping global perceptions in misleading ways. This episode unpacks how maps are never objective, but instead reflect choices, agendas, and trade-
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