Temporal exponentials
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Endless growth is the economic translation of an arrow that never loops
One extra percent a year for 40 years doubles the final number
Exponential discounting in economics vs the hyperbolic discounting people actually do
Epidemic doubling times: why the first weeks of an outbreak look flat
Bacteria in a dish double until they crash: exponential growth is always temporary
The lily pond is half covered on day 47 of 48 and most people notice on day 44
The 1980 Ehrlich-Simon bet: why exponential forecasts kept losing
Nuclear chain reactions run on k=1 and the exponential is the thing being controlled
One percent growth feels like nothing for 30 years and then it does not
Moore's law was an observation that turned into a roadmap with a 2-year doubling
Fold a sheet of paper 42 times and it reaches the Moon: why we underestimate exponentials
The rule of 72: a doubling time you can do in your head
The singularity claim rests on extrapolating a curve past every historical break
Half-life is a negative exponential and that is why decay has no memory
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