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penny, small paper clip, individual grain of rice, single cotton ball, one sheet of paper, 1g of soil, single drop of fresh water |
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text message, small candy, plastic pen, rubber band pack, paper napkin, 1kg of sand, 1L of fresh water, handful of topsoil |
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candy bar, song download, dollar store item, public transit ride, service tip, 1 cubic meter of air, small bundle of firewood |
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fast food meal, movie ticket, paperback book, basic streaming subscription, cocktail, 1 ton of raw limestone, small garden plot (1 sq meter) |
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decent pair of shoes, week of groceries, nice dinner for two, monthly utility bill, entry-level headphones, 1 barrel of crude oil, 1 ton of coal, small pine tree |
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one month's rent (some areas), budget laptop, domestic flights, basic furniture set, low-end bicycle, 1 acre of rural land, 1 ton of iron ore, small residential solar array |
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used car, year of in-state tuition, high-end appliances, budget wedding, luxurious vacation, 1 acre of arable farmland, small woodlot, 1 ton of copper ore |
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home down payment, luxury car, four-year degree, small business startup, year's salary for mid-level professional, small local businesses, pre-seed startups, 1 ton of refined copper, small natural gas well, 10 acres of forest land |
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house in most cities, retirement fund, small business acquisition, exotic supercars, multiple college educations, seed-stage startups, small local chains, small oil well, 1 ton of silver ore, small quarry operation |
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mansion in premium location, medium-sized jet, multi-location business, minor league sports team, significant art collection, early-stage startups, regional businesses, medium mining operation, small wind farm, 1 ton of gold ore |
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private island development, large business conglomerate, major market sports franchise, significant venture capital fund, feature film production, series B/C startups, medium-sized private companies, coal-fired power plant, small oil field, moderate hydroelectric dam |
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major sports teams, large commercial developments, significant philanthropic foundations, major research initiatives, large company ownership stakes, Instacart, Roblox, Reddit, large diamond mine, major forest reserve, all of a small country's lithium reserves |
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national high-speed rail line, global tech platform, major airline group, significant portion of a major city, multiple global pharmaceutical companies, Airbnb, Snap, Uber, PayPal, large oil field, major hydroelectric project, 1% of global rare earth elements |
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large country's annual budget, global banking group, major tech ecosystem, comprehensive national infrastructure, international space program, Meta, Tesla, Alphabet, 10% of the world's copper reserves, all of Canada's timber, major river system |
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GDP of countries like Indonesia or Mexico, entire U.S. defense budget, ~5% of U.S. economy, nation-scale infrastructure overhaul, ~1/32 of U.S. national debt, Apple, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, NVIDIA, all the world's extracted gold (~200,000 tons), all the world's copper reserves, Amazon rainforest |