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orfyesterday at 6:43 PM0 repliesview on HN

Yes, big number better, everyone gets it.

The point is that you’re deluding yourself if you think that there is any difference in terms of relative “unfathomability” between 3 billion and 300 billion.

3 billion generates more in interest per day than 99.99% of people make in a year. That’s unfathomable volumes of wealth for even the very rich.