It's a little Pop Science, but as Geoffrey West notes, other things that follow an S-curve growth are people. We start small and weak, at some point start rapid

It's a little Pop Science, but as Geoffrey West notes, other things that follow an S-curve growth are people. We start small and weak, at some point start rapidly growing, and as we reach a certain age we level off. West then extends this to the inevitable deaths of corporations: http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_o...