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		iand on Sept 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nicholas Taleb: The Great Bank Robbery I think there might be an error in your maths :) 5M years times 365 days times $1M is 1825 trillion dollars or just under 2 quadrillion. Actually I just realised that you probably meant to write "year" instead of "day"

sambeau on Sept 5, 2011 [–]

oops… I stuck the numbers into Wolfram Alpha. Must have made a boo-boo. I'll recheck and re-edit.

sambeau on Sept 5, 2011 | [–]

No I won't. It won't let me edit it. My foolishness can live on for posterity.

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