The Problem of ScaleOur brains aren't wired to intuitively understand the difference between millions, billions, and trillions.When we hear about the national debt reaching $36 trillion, or annual spending of $4.1 trillion, these numbers are so large they become almost meaningless. The human mind simply wasn't designed to comprehend quantities of this magnitude.To put it in perspective:1 Million Seconds11.5 daysThe time between two pay periods1 Billion Seconds31 yearsThe length of a typical care...