newbitech
07-30-2012, 10:16 PM
I thought this was a very good lesson. It's so easy to under stand, perfect for explaining to people the math behind our coming economic failure.
Professor Al Bartlett begins his one-hour talk with the statement, The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.
http://www.albartlett.org/articles/art_forgotten_fundamentals_overview.html
He first gave the talk in September, 1969, and subsequently has presented it an average of once every 8.5 days for 36 years.
Reminds me of Ron Paul.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arithmetic-population-and-energy-lecture/ (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arithmetic-population-and-energy-lecture/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrvGDRLT7A
Professor Al Bartlett begins his one-hour talk with the statement, The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.
http://www.albartlett.org/articles/art_forgotten_fundamentals_overview.html
He first gave the talk in September, 1969, and subsequently has presented it an average of once every 8.5 days for 36 years.
Reminds me of Ron Paul.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arithmetic-population-and-energy-lecture/ (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arithmetic-population-and-energy-lecture/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrvGDRLT7A