The analogy of Emacs learning curve being a fractal is quite appropriate I think if we take each fractal to represent an amount of time required to gain profici

The analogy of Emacs learning curve being a fractal is quite appropriate I think if we take each fractal to represent an amount of time required to gain proficiency in modes that introduce significant amounts of features, with the smaller fractals representing modes that require less time to learn. That sounds like chaos, but it captures Emacs platform nature and diversity of functionality well and seems true thus far as Emacs replaces more and more tools.