Visualizing $1 Trillion as an endless field of bales of C-notes

Cory Doctorow 12:05 pm Wed Mar 11, 2009

Farhad sez, "This guy used Google Sketchup to show what $1 trillion actually looks like. It's big!"

Those are bales of $100 bills, incidentally.

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

(Thanks, Farhad!)

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