Experience shows that we humans are not made for dealing with large numbers.
It sometimes happens that we confuse billions and millions – both are just a lot – which fortunately rarely happens to us when comparing hundreds and thousands.
The lack of intuition for very, very big things hardly bothers us in everyday life.
And yet there are exceptions: As responsible citizens, we should definitely be able to get an idea of billion-dollar supplementary budgets or million-dollar investments in education, no matter how vague that may be.