Numbers. Big or small their context is always relative. Here is big number that’s captured my attention lately for a variety of reasons:
Sixteen billion.
If you live in California, it’s unlikely that $16 billion is your lucky number as it’s the size of the state’s current deficit. But if you live in Afghanistan, $16 billion is the amount of money pledged to the nation by multiple donors over the next four years covering a wealth of new construction and....