• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Two things:

    • if you owe the bank $34,000, it’s your problem; if you owe the bank $34,000,000,000,000, it’s the bank’s problem.
    • its a big club, and you’re not in it.
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        5 months ago

        Yes, and it is the correct number of zeros to use. I find it helps to put things into scope. “Trillion” is an abstract magnitude to most people. Writing it out numerically makes it clear how absolutely enormous the number is.