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A future obscured by exponential growth

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Science COVID-19 epidemic COVID-19 pandemic exponential growth Factorio Homo sapiens logistics MachinePix predicting the future quality control rotary screen printer supply chain management technology wheat and chessboard problem

A couple months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I think most of us realised how hard it is to comprehend the phenomenon of exponential growth. Mathematically, it's trivial – a geometric progression –…

For space, frugality is a harmful aspiration

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Op-eds Chandrayaan ESA frugal engineering frugal innovation gravity hollywood Indian Space Research Organisation Interstellar ISRO K Sivan labour costs Mars Orbiter Mission Moneycontrol NASA NASA MAVEN public sector undertaking quality control Times of India

Ref: 'ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission to cost lesser than Hollywood movie Interstellar - here's how they make it cost-effective', staff, Moneycontrol, February 20, 2018. ∞ 'Chandray…