Nice Writing: Big Numbers

On people underestimating the power of exponential growth:

“If a uranium nucleus emits two neutrons, both of which collide with other uranium nuclei, causing them to emit two neutrons, and so forth—well, did I mention nuclear holocaust as a possible end to population growth?”

Scott Aaronson in “Big Numbers”. Found via Hacker News.

Written by Scott Williams who lives and works in sunny Phoenix, AZ. Twitter is also a place.