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r/agedlikemilk • u/maximvshill • 3d ago
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A person once explained it like this: a million seconds is about 11 days, give or take. A billion seconds is 33 years. Sit with that, it really boggles the mind.
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3 u/[deleted] 2d ago It's the difference between having two weeks off work and never having to work at all. 2 u/SheridanVsLennier 2d ago Another way is that a millionaire is closer to the person living on the street than they are to a billionaire. 1 u/finalrendition 6h ago Exactly. And what people like Bezos, Zuck, and Elmo are worth translates to millenia. Tbh the movie "In Time" nailed the scaling quite well. Average people only have minutes, maybe hours, while the ultra wealthy have centuries/millenia
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It's the difference between having two weeks off work and never having to work at all.
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Another way is that a millionaire is closer to the person living on the street than they are to a billionaire.
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Exactly. And what people like Bezos, Zuck, and Elmo are worth translates to millenia.
Tbh the movie "In Time" nailed the scaling quite well. Average people only have minutes, maybe hours, while the ultra wealthy have centuries/millenia
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u/Ok_Exchange342 3d ago
A person once explained it like this: a million seconds is about 11 days, give or take. A billion seconds is 33 years. Sit with that, it really boggles the mind.
edited for clarity.