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I don't think this was meant for, obviously, really smart people like you. It is to give a sense of scale that a working person understands. The concept of a billion dollars isn't easy for most people to actually comprehend.

The main difference is that you work at a linear rate, but can exploit others at an exponential rate.

Rockefeller didn't have them either

Okay but in fairness if you put like 1% of that money virtually anywhere but under your matress you'd probably be richer than Bezos now. Even at like 3% interest of a $18,250 compunded over 530 years you'd have about half of Bezos' net worth.