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exponential growth
Growth that multiplies its rate as it advances — slow at first, overwhelming once it crosses the inflection point.
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Exponential growth is what happens when a system's growth rate is itself a function of its current size. It is invisible for a long time and then it is everywhere. The classic chessboard parable, the water-lily pond, Moore's Law — all are intuition pumps for the same mathematical pattern.
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