Comments on: Innumeracy and Numbers That Matter http://www.apolloideas.com/blog/archives/602 Clear, simple expression. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason Walker http://www.apolloideas.com/blog/archives/602/comment-page-1#comment-227 Jason Walker Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:51:12 +0000 http://apolloideas.com/blog/?p=602#comment-227 I've seen it stated another way that I think does a great job of summarizing the difference between one million vs one billion vs one trillion... One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days. A billion seconds is 32 years. And a trillion seconds is 32,000 YEARS. I have a pretty good idea what I'll be doing a million seconds from now, no idea what I'll be doing a billion seconds from now, and an excellent idea of what I'll be doing a trillion seconds from now. I’ve seen it stated another way that I think does a great job of summarizing the difference between one million vs one billion vs one trillion…

One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days.
A billion seconds is 32 years.
And a trillion seconds is 32,000 YEARS.

I have a pretty good idea what I’ll be doing a million seconds from now, no idea what I’ll be doing a billion seconds from now, and an excellent idea of what I’ll be doing a trillion seconds from now.

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