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[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I find time makes it easier to grasp.

A million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 32 years. 185 billion is just under 6000 years.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Horrifying. Also, it's from 2021 - Bezos now has $246B. Zuckerburg has $219B. Musk has more than them combined at $486B.

Source: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elon-musk-net-worth-more-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg-combined/

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine having the ability to eradicate malaria and save hundreds of thousands of people per year, and just choosing not to.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

To be fair, if they did that, these people would be forced to live only in inexpressibly obscene luxury. And we can't have that.

[–] iAmTheTot 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I will always upvote this.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 3 months ago
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Someone made a version of this for the Mormon church's obscene wealth as well: https://mormonbillions.com/

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That site is broken. It stops at 1 million.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We could all decide to just like... take their wealth. There's no ref that's going to call time out.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I'm all ears...

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can never ever be this rich. I would be like the myspace guy.

[–] ElJefe@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 3 months ago

sold for some millions and spends his time enjoy life on beaches and boats and such. Doing what everyone dreams of for retirement. He could have been a billionaire if he kept up the pursuit of money but he realized he had more than he was inclined to spend even with extravagances taken into account.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Another view and it's 12 years old.

[–] moog@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

This is great. Good work