The Budget, visualized as a road-trip

I like it, very entertaining.
One of the problems our country has with the debt now is that no one can really understand how much a trillion is. I have tried to get more in the habit of saying '1,000 millions' instead of a billion, and 'a million millions' instead of a trillion. Our brains really aren't that good at grasping large numbers otherwise.
 
DrCap said:
I like it, very entertaining.
One of the problems our country has with the debt now is that no one can really understand how much a trillion is. I have tried to get more in the habit of saying '1,000 millions' instead of a billion, and 'a million millions' instead of a trillion. Our brains really aren't that good at grasping large numbers otherwise.
Click to expand...

I think they would be if we dealt with it a lot; for example, if nearly everyone was a millionaire and managed this kind of money regularly, we'd probably gradually learn to deal with numbers in this range.

That said, not many of us consistently deal with numbers in that range (let alone billion or trillion) year after year.
 
Great video, thanks for sharing.

DrCap said:
I like it, very entertaining.
One of the problems our country has with the debt now is that no one can really understand how much a trillion is. I have tried to get more in the habit of saying '1,000 millions' instead of a billion, and 'a million millions' instead of a trillion. Our brains really aren't that good at grasping large numbers otherwise.
Click to expand...

+1776 Billion
(1.776 Trillion) :)
 
1000 dollars = 1 nuevo dollar
that should help in the coming years.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top