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Ask HN: How many man-made objects are there?
by
eimrine
on 5/27/25, 12:41 PM with 1 comments
Is it possible for humanity to produce 2^256 distinct pieces of anything material? Microplastic is OK to be counted.
by
mtmail
on 5/27/25, 12:46 PM
That's 10^77.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_number
estimates 10^80 protons in the universe. I think humanity would run out of source material.