[vohk]

> That's 5,273 people like me getting $15,000,000.

That's also each American citizen getting... $23.27 each year for 10 years.

People are just awful at conceptualizing large numbers. Assuming that number is accurate, $7.9 billion is wasted in the process of delivering $1.6 trillion in 2024. Waste and loss scales with the work being done, it doesn't care that you got sticker shock.

I challenge you to find anything you do in your day with greater than 99.5% efficiency. You waste a higher percentage of the food you eat, stuck to the pan.

[genewitch]

Turns out it was actually 5.42%, and $750,000,000,000.00 between 2021 and 2023.

I certainly try not to leave 1/20th of my food in the pan!