Russell Seitz, a physicist, calculated that the physical weight of all the moving electrons that make up the entire internet is roughly fifty grams, which is approximately the same mass as a single strawberry.

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Russell Seitz, a physicist, calculated that the physical weight of all the moving electrons that make up the entire internet is roughly fifty grams, which is approximately the same mass as a single strawberry. If you isolate just the data stored in the actual servers, the weight drops to less than a millionth of an ounce, meaning the collective sum of all human knowledge, every cat video, and an endless sea of toxic social media arguments is physically lighter than a grain of sand. It is profoundly hilarious to think that the entire digital infrastructure responsible for modern civilization, global financial markets, and your terrible online dating profile could theoretically be squished by stepping on a piece of fruit