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Every situation with superlinear returns reduces to one of two causes: exponential growth or thresholds.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

Subjectambition
What this subject means

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

Mental modelExponential growth

What Paul Graham actually said

  1. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
    It may seem as if there are a lot of different situations with superlinear returns, but as far as I can tell they reduce to two fundamental causes: exponential growth and thresholds.

    Where this was said

    ↗Superlinear Returnspaulgraham.com

    1 Oct 2023

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