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Exponential growth means the first order of magnitude comes slowly and the last one runs past you unexpectedly.
by baq 2y ago
Exponential growth means the first order of magnitude comes slowly and the last one runs past you unexpectedly.
- Palmik 2y agoExponential growth generally means that the time between each order of magnitude is roughly the same.
- brookst 2y agoAt the risk of pedantry, is that true? Something that doubles annually sure seems like exponential growth to me, but the orders of magnitude are not at all the same rate. Orders of magnitude are a base-10 construct but IMO exponents don’t have to be 10. EDIT: holy crap I just discovered a commonly known thing about exponents and log. Leaving comment here but it is wrong, or at least naive.