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vasilipupkin
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An elevator in a Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors...
yes, but "cultural and political significance" are hard to define and so two people could easily talk past each other, because they would define these differently
whereas gdp and population are
a) easy to define and b) correlated with significance
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whereas gdp and population are
a) easy to define and b) correlated with significance