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 Most people compare millionaires and billionaires like they’re the same thing.
Our minds struggle with large numbers that aren’t relevant.  The number of pine needles on a tree, the quantity of sand particles on a beach etc. 

To put this in perspective, roughly ~11.5 days is 1 million seconds.

A billion seconds is ~31.7 years

A Trillion seconds is ~31,700 years. 

The US debt increased by a trillion dollars in the first 100 days of this year yet there’s no money for FEMA. 

Think about that for a minute.