The human senses for intensity (brightness, volume, etc) apply a logarithmic transform before our conscious brain interprets the sensations. That's why we don't

The human senses for intensity (brightness, volume, etc) apply a logarithmic transform before our conscious brain interprets the sensations. That's why we don't develop an intuition for exponential scales in abstract concepts. Also, exponential growth means that every derivative is exponential, so there is no way to get an approximate single number of magnitude, rate of change, acceleration... We can take a few derivatives intuitively (velocity, accelerarion/force). We're not even that good at understanding quadtratic growth, let alone higher polynomials and exponentials. If you accelerate at 10m/s/s (gravity), how far will you travel in a year (100K seconds)?