The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function - Albert Bartlett

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“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function”

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physicist Albert Bartlett

Reference

Same as Ever - A guide to what never changes - Morgan Housel

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