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J.C.
@random-observer.bsky.social

I think we should stop using the words "billion" and "trillion", and just use "million". Why? Because billion and trillion are so large they're difficult to comprehend, while we can actually relate to a million. 1/

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J.C.
@random-observer.bsky.social

If you make fifty thousand dollars a year, it'll take you twenty years to gross a million dollars. If you make one hundred thousand a year, it'll take you ten years. So although a million is a very large number, we can still relate it to our own lives. 2/

J.C.
@random-observer.bsky.social

A billion is a thousand millions. So when you read that Jeff Bezos is worth two hundred fifty billion dollars, that's shorter way of saying two hundred fifty thousand millions. Feels different when said like that, doesn't it? 3/

J.C.
@random-observer.bsky.social

Elon Musk is going to be the world's first trillionaire. A trillion is a thousand billions; a million millions. So when you read that he's worth 1.1 trillion, that means one million one hundred thousand millions. He's a millionaire a million times over. 😬