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Who first said, “Without an address, you live outside the law”?

Hernando de Soto

In which country did the National Post Service adopt the system?

Mongolia

How many total combinations of three words can be generated?

64 trillion

How many words did the creators use to generate unique addresses?

50,000

Which pizza company is using the three-word address system in the Caribbean?

Domino’s Pizza

What did the speaker find problematic about GPS coordinates?

They were too complicated

How many languages has the three-word address system been built into so far?

14

What percentage of countries struggle with reliable addressing?

75%

What problem does the three-word address system aim to solve?

Helping people without formal addresses

In which African country did Gateway Health distribute 11,000 three-word address signs?

South Africa

Which African countries have adopted the three-word address system?

Nigeria, Djibouti, Côte d’Ivoire

How many three-meter squares does the world divide into?

57 trillion

What problem does the system solve for emergency services?

Reducing ambulance response times

What problem did the speaker experience in the music business?

Equipment being delivered to the wrong locations

How did the speaker first become interested in addressing problems?

In the music business

What humorous mistake was mentioned in the talk?

Sound-checking at the wrong wedding

What size are the individual squares in the addressing system?

3 meters

What makes the three-word address system different from GPS coordinates?

It uses three dictionary words