THE BIG IDEA. What the Coronavirus Curve Teaches Us About Climate Change Humans don’t easily grasp the concept of exponential growth, but it’s exactly why coronavirus has gotten so hard to ...

Exponential growth is a pattern of data that shows greater increases with passing time, creating the curve of an exponential function. The formula for exponential growth is V = S x (1+R) T, ...

The Thrill of Exponential Grilling. ... This relationship produces the usual exponential curve shape, which is flat at the beginning and then rapidly gets steeper and steeper.

Note the exponential nature of the curve. The annual return grows from $5,000 in year one to nearly $20,000 by the final year. Chart by author.

We’ve maintained our pace on the exponential curve. We’re 10 years in the future. And at some point, everybody is going to look up and say, this is actually too much.