Yeah, it’s been linked to systemic racist thought patterns (which are often unintentional but should be acknowledged). I explain it to people like this: take a handful of sand and turn your fist so that your palm faces perpendicular to the ground. Now release the sand slowly… What shape does it form? It isn’t rocket science.
The key to happiness is not having expectations, unfortunately that is not always healthy. It’s like nature, evolution comes with just the right pressure. Life needs a little grit, unfortunately, but obviously not /waves arms at generally everything. Hoping for a Star Trek future where we can pursue becoming better people without the need to fight for our basic needs.
The original is a exaggerated estimate (projection) based on a assumed sphere, probably WGS84, because a lot of the global satellite data is formatted as such.