We talk of 10x, but the truth is we are rarely confronted with it in our daily lives. Maybe 1.5x, but not 10x. When we do meet 10x, the order of magnitude is so

We talk of 10x, but the truth is we are rarely confronted with it in our daily lives. Maybe 1.5x, but not 10x. When we do meet 10x, the order of magnitude is so staggering that we attempt to explain it away. Here's another 10x, who happened to go to my high school: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/37825/what-are-jacob-luries-key-insights http://mathoverflow.net/questions/37825/what-are-jacob-lurie...