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This guy used rice to visualize the difference between one million and one billion and I thought it was pretty effective.

https://youtu.be/qSOVBiEotaw?si=ATNi9Zb0po0MFReW

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The fun part about that one is that Bezos himself is now reported at about one third more than reported in that video, so… that pile is too small now.

But also, if you’re gonna use visual aids that’s cheating.

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If anyone ever wanted evidence that humans are too stupid to survive 1000 more years, they should read your comments.

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Yeah, I think I’m exposing your stupidy pretty effectively, right? I’m killing it with the visualizations today.

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Volumetric comparisons end up grossly underrepresenting how much a billion really is. Human brain doesn’t really grasp the magnitude of a difference between a cubic centimeter and a cubic meter.

What we can immediately grasp is a difference between walking across a small parking lot and driving for a bloody hour.

https://youtu.be/8YUWDrLazCg?si=UqzHGGLA6HEQK9Ja

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