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A billion actually seems weirdly tangible. I can imagine a billion dollars or a billion bits. Working with computers we deal with units of a billion pretty oft
by oceanplexian 2y ago
A billion actually seems weirdly tangible.
I can imagine a billion dollars or a billion bits. Working with computers we deal with units of a billion pretty often. I also know how long a year is and as I get older they feel pretty short. Obviously we won’t personally be around to see it but it does feel like the clock is ticking.
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- gffrd 2y agoLet me see if I can un-tangible that for you … Let's say you live to be 97—quite old!! 1 Billion years is … 10,309,278 of those 97-year lifetimes, if strung end-to-end.
- chgs 2y agoSo the combined lifetime of people in a large city.
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- roywiggins 2y agoOne reference point is that about billion years ago the Earth had just invented multicellular life.