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exponential curve
The shape of growth that surprises us — long flat tail, then a steep wall.
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The exponential curve is the visual signature of exponential growth: a long flat-looking tail, an inflection point, and a near-vertical rise. The cognitive challenge is that for most of its history the curve looks dismissable; by the time it doesn't, the world has already changed.
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