Darbage@lemmy.today to 50501@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agoMade this todaypixelfed.socialexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkMade this todaypixelfed.socialDarbage@lemmy.today to 50501@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFandangalo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 days ago Imagine life was a game. You lived for 2025 years. You worked 260 days / year. You made the median US salary. You would need to relive that process 3,145 times to match an Oligarch. That amount of wealth is unethical while humanity suffers. No one can really fathom “1b dollars.”
minus-squareDarbage@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoIts mind bending to even think about that much/many of anything. Seeing it visualized is staggering.
minus-squareBaldProphet@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHere’s an even better visualization: https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
minus-squareDarbage@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIt boggles the mind. Maddening stuff.
Imagine life was a game. You lived for 2025 years. You worked 260 days / year. You made the median US salary.
You would need to relive that process 3,145 times to match an Oligarch.
That amount of wealth is unethical while humanity suffers. No one can really fathom “1b dollars.”
Its mind bending to even think about that much/many of anything. Seeing it visualized is staggering.
Here’s an even better visualization: https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
It boggles the mind. Maddening stuff.