Mathematically, I think it's hard for people to truly understand the obscene wealth that some people have accumulated. 100 billion doesn't sound that different than 100 million.
100 million is magnitudes closer to ZERO than it is to 100 billion.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
966 points (97.4% liked)
Bluesky
1186 readers
143 users here now
People skeeting stuff.
Bluesky Social is a microblogging social platform being developed in conjunction with the decentralized AT Protocol. Previously invite-only, the flagship Beta app went public in February 2024. All are welcome!
founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
The difference between 1 million and 1 billion is roughly 1 billion.
~~No. It’s a thousand. Which is closer to zero than a billion.~~
Edit: You’re talking absolute values so the difference is 999 million.
While I was talking ratios hence the ratio being 1:1000. My bad.
load more comments
(3 replies)
load more comments
(15 replies)