It seems like you misunderstood my comment and started arguing your own straw man issue. I'm going to pass on that one and stick to the point: using linear scales is more useful for physical analogies and cartograms than log scales. I like log scales, and I, like you, think it's really useful to evaluate rich people and global finances on a log scale in addition to appreciating the magnitudes by thinking about them linearly and using physical analogies. I don't think there's any good way to say what @kens' said using a log scale. So if you agree and acknowledge that linear scales and log scales are both useful, then we agree. If you disagree that linear scales are useful or should ever be used, but you are genuinely still asking why, then I can try to help. If you disagree that linear scales are useful and you don't want to hear about why, maybe we should stop arguing?

We agree. A similar analogy using log scale would be the "Wheat and chessboard problem" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem