cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3768443
Researchers estimate that each additional centimeter of height is associated with a 1.30% increase in annual income.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/04/16/your-height-has-a-big-impact-on-your-salary-new-research-seeks-to-understand-why/
At a 100,000,000% salary increase, I make Bezos to be about thirty million inches taller.
This would suggest his space flight didn't even reach his own knees.
I assumed it was exponential.
74580 * 1.013^355
That's how it's phrased, but with their numbers quoted the 6'4" guy gets $107,919 vs a linear scaling giving $103,740. The latter rounds to the $104,000 stated, so I'm assuming that's the intended reading