Throwing around trillions..

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Jim brought this one to my attention: just how numb we have become to the idea of billions and trillions. Not so long ago, $100,000 was a fair chunk of change and a $50 million govt. bailout brought attention. Today $15 billion for automakers is chump change compared to $2 trillion for the financial world. Now, time for a little perspective:

  • 1 million seconds equal 11 and 1/2 days.
  • 1 billion seconds equal 31 and 3/4 years.
  • 1 trillion seconds equal 31,710 years.
Yeah. Its a very very big jump.

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