JeenaMar 18

Million seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?

https://piefed.jeena.net/c/showerthoughts/p/346210/million-seconds-11-6-days-how-much-is-a-billion

Million seconds → ~11.6 days, how much is a billion?

Million seconds → ~11.6 days Billion seconds → ~31.7 years Trillion seconds → ~31,700 years

Show threadRhynoplaz
No matter how many ways I see it represented, I still can’t truly grasp how much more a billion is compared to a million. And I suspect most people are in that same boat.
Mar 18 at 4:49pmWeb
Show threadyermawMar 18
Im sure we’re not designed for such massive massive massive numbers.
Show threadTranquilTurbulenceMar 18
Try sand next time. You can see individual grains, and you’ve walked on a beach. These experiences should give you some intuition.
Show threadFrostyTheDooMar 18
“how much more is a billion than a million? About a billion”
Show threadthen_three_moreMar 18
I think that time is probably the most relatable and human scaled for million to billion, but even that goes out if scale between billion and million.
Show threadFleur_Mar 20

1000 times.

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