Weird title. Cargography constantly challenged itself. Look at some of the possible projections at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projections
They all compromise on something to enhance something else. You simply can't map the surface of a 3d shere (approximation of the earths globe) onto a 2d flat surface.
And so we have projections galore. And anyway was (and is) always free to use whatever fits best.
I agree cartography has always been challenging itself, it is possible the size of most nations have been miscalculated.
And the article text does a pretty good job (to me as a layman who was aware Dymaxion existed but doesn't spend much time thinking about this) of illustrating, just the title seems to be for a much more reactionary nonsense article.
> You simply can't map the surface of a 3d shere (approximation of the earths globe) onto a 2d flat surface.
This would be an easier problem to solve if Flat Earthers were right. (semi-/s)