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The other thing it's bad for is getting exceptional people. If you need 1 in a million people it's easier the more millions of people you have
It's already plenty bad how many stay in poverty their whole life, wealth inequality is a much bigger barrier than a raw count of people. Most of those one in a million never get an opportunity to make a difference just because of where they started