22 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
What People Can Achieve Grows Exponentially
The mathematics of cooperation of men and tools is interesting. Separated men trying their individual experiments contribute in proportion to their numbers and their work may be called mathematically additive. The effect of a single piece of apparatus given to one man is also additive only, but when a group of men are cooperating, as distinct from merely operating, their work raises with some higher power of the number than the first power. It approaches the square for two men and the cube fo...Folksonomies: civilization collaboration
Folksonomies: civilization collaboration
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notesWhen they collaborate.
04 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The "Second Half of the Chessboard"
Folksonomies: metaphors exponential growth
Folksonomies: metaphors exponential growth
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notesAn interesting reference to the exponential growth when the Vizicar asked the king for doubling growth of grains for each square of the chessboard he had invented. Not terribly large amounts at first, but they become vast as we work across the boards 64 squares.
