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Dying in the Anthropocene | 54 comments (54 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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People don't understand simple exponential growth.  For the use of something to "grow" it has to use the sum of all previous years - that is, after all, what 100% means - plus a bit, the growth in that time period.  

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
by ATinNM on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 01:24:52 AM EST
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My advisor, AA Bartlett, died recently. He was big on the Youtubes for his lecture on exponential growth.

Five million views!

by asdf on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 01:00:50 PM EST
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Showing off your advisor, I like that :D

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 01:04:25 PM EST
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Haha let me tell you about  my uncle.
by asdf on Tue Nov 12th, 2013 at 01:17:18 PM EST
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Dying in the Anthropocene | 54 comments (54 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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