You cannot finish $1 billion no matter what you buy— Seun Kuti claims

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has stirred up the conversations surrounding money after claiming that many people do not fully understand how large a billion dollars truly is.

Seun, while speaking during an interview, argued that people casually mention billions because they do not understand how figures actually work.

He claimed that an individual cannot successfully finish  one billion dollars regardless of what they buy.

“You cannot finish one billion dollars. I say, what I’m telling you people, because they call all this price, 13 billion, 12 billion, 10 billion. You people don’t know your brain, and it’s not your fault. Biologically speaking, the human brain did not evolve to understand such huge numbers,” he stated.

To further explain his point, Seun referenced a popular comparison involving time.

“So there’s a very popular experiment to help people understand how big a billion is. So I’ll show you to understand the concept. So one million seconds is 11 days. How long do you think one billion seconds?… 37 years. That’s like 11,000 days, right? That’s the difference between million, which is 11 days, and 11,000 days, which is 37 years. You have a billion dollars, for example. What do want to buy with it. Private jets that’s 30 million you have 970 left you buy buy 4 private jets you still have 880 left,” he added.