Presently, humanity counts linearly, 1234etc.
This is not in accord with reality where everything grows exponentially.
We need an exponential counting system and one readily exists.
Instead of the numerals being integers, they should be powers of "e",
Therefore, a meter long ruler would actually be "0" in length,
and a "1" "emeter" or what ever they are called woud be 2.71828 meters.
We would hence measure things by this expanding scale, so to say something was
five eMeters long, 5eM would mean it was 148.41266 meters in the old scale.
Once people get used to it, it is quite intuitive and natural, and the sizes are no
more random than saying something is one meter or two meters in length.
Fractions are just as easy. Something that is 2.5 eMeters is 12.18274 meters.
What used to be called an order of magnitude, that is the third power of ten,
is now just seven because "e" to the power of seven is 1096.62800.
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