HACKER Q&A
📣 eimrine

How many man-made objects are there?


Is it possible for humanity to produce 2^256 distinct pieces of anything material? Microplastic is OK to be counted.


  👤 mtmail Accepted Answer ✓
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.