millions and billions

On the last Friday of each month I curate some of the observations and insights that were shared on social media. I call these Friday’s Finds. “I reject the idea that we have to be slaves to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy.” —Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, after rejecting a 350-acre data centre outside of Winnipeg, via @Dulce Maria “When I first encountered a word processor, decades ago now, it was as if my writing and my mind were suddenly liberated from the text-to-paper prison of yesteryear. Free to add, subtract, shift, experiment, hone, refine, or chuck and restart, I found that the entire writing process became an exciting adventure. I have no interest in offloading that excitement, that adventure, to AI.” —@jd Remember: •1 Million seconds is about 11 days •1 BILLION seconds is about 32 YEARS ‘Millions’ and ‘Billions’ are words we find used in everyday media. Billionaire is normalized. It’s not normal for an individual to own a Billion dollars…