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Legitimately, have you ever been on a commercial flight?

It’s not full of rich people cramped into tiny seats, I’ll tell you that much.




If you have been on a commercial flight in the past 3 years you are very likely (50%+ chance) in the 5% of the richest people on Earth. If you are just on hackernews you are very likely (50%+ chance) in the 5% of the richest people on Earth.

If you make $33,500 a year, you are among the richest 5% in the world. [0]

The threshold for an individual to enter the global top 10% in 2012 was about PPP$15,600 per capita household income, or PPP$62,000 for a family of four. [1]

The threshold for an individual to enter the global top 1% in 2012 is about PPP$50,000 per capita household income, or PPP$200,000 for a family of four. [1]

[0] http://www.worldwealthcalculator.org/

[1] http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/771271476908686029/Segal.pdf


That’s a fairly ludicrous comparison and one I’m quite certain OP was not referencing.




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