This is a great idea. Really shows who the greediest human beings are and where they live don’t it?

Reliable data on economic growth is hard to come by in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. Yet according to scientists, outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth.

Using satellite images of nighttime lights, J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, and David N. Weil from Brown University have created a new framework for estimating a country or region?

Is Greedy the right word for the people who live in the well lit areas? To be greedy means to “want stuff really bad”. Do you think that the people who live in the dark areas don’t want stuff really bad? - I think that way too much moral nobility is ascribed to many people who are very poor, even though they don’t really want to be poor, and would happily trade their noble and morally superior poverty for some success and freedom for their families. - I’m not saying the “well lit” people aren’t greedy, just saying the poorly lit areas aren’t more ethical just because they don’t have street lamps. They’re greedy too - just not real good at it.

This is a good display of greatest population density, and really nothing more.

Greedy?  You mean like people with computers & ‘lectricity who post things on teh innernets?  Instead of communicating with, oh, smoke signals or rhythmic drumming?

Well said, GT.

Population density?  Why would you say that?  If it were population density, Indonesia would be much bright. Its population is much denser than the US, but its totally black.  And Japan has the same light as China, but its less than a tenth the population.  These are only the most obvious examples. This map probably corresponds with GDP, definitely not population.