I think of it as $3.5 (now looking closer to 1.7) times 10¹²
Of course, unlike ol Al, I understand numbers, even really big ones, or small ones. And I understand RATIOS (omg) by which you can understand things in a piecemeal way. For instance $3.5 trillion is a tad more than $10,000 per person in the USA. Or about one sixth of the gross national product. Or a bit less than 4% of the world’s gross domestic product.
I think of it as $3.5 (now looking closer to 1.7) times 10¹²
Of course, unlike ol Al, I understand numbers, even really big ones, or small ones. And I understand RATIOS (omg) by which you can understand things in a piecemeal way. For instance $3.5 trillion is a tad more than $10,000 per person in the USA. Or about one sixth of the gross national product. Or a bit less than 4% of the world’s gross domestic product.