Why Is My Laptop On?

Why Is My Laptop On?

Why is my laptop on? To answer this question sufficiently, I found a four-year-old boy on the street, offered him candy, kidnapped him, and now every time I think I have the answer to the question, he’ll ask "Why?"—because that’s what four-year-olds do—and that’ll force us to get to the real answer. We’ll call him George. Everyone say hi.

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How Many Earths Would We Need to Live As Far Apart As Alaskans Do?

How Many Earths Would We Need to Live As Far Apart As Alaskans Do?

I’ve always been interested in the distribution of the human population across the globe. It’s far from an even spread—this map shows where people are most squished in (dark colors) and where they’re spread out (light colors):

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