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this is the difference between ecologist thinking and economist thinking. economists think in curves - starting from a low base it's very easy to improve fast,
by marcus_holmes 8y ago
this is the difference between ecologist thinking and economist thinking.
economists think in curves - starting from a low base it's very easy to improve fast, but the rate of improvement drops off as it nears the global average.
ecologists think in straight lines - the rate of improvement is x/year, so in 50 years the improvement will be 50x and they'll be richer than Sweden, who are only improving at (x/10)/year.
- pas 8y agoWhy would ecologists think in straight lines? Don't they start with the Lotka-Volterra differential equations to model prey-predator population fluctuations? (Even if they learn just the concept, and not the underlying math.) Also, haven't they learn a bit about exponential bloom and decay of algae?