• Optional@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I think it’s the opposite. We’re all used to “a billion” now, even thought we can’t really concieve of it the way we can, say $100. But a trillion is just space money. Just make it a gazillion.

    500 Billion has real competitive traction - people are billionaires, this is more than them, etc. A trillion is something you have nanoparticles of, something very small.

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      “Billion”, sadly, is a term that nowadays conjures an individual human or corporate level figure.

      “Trillion” is an economy level figure and suitably conjures an idea of how fucked up you all are.

      IMHO.