What’s the greatest shortcoming of the human race? I’m sure we all have some suggestions, but according to physicist Albert Bartlett, it is “our inability to understand the exponential function.” ...

Moore’s Law states the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double about every two years. This law, coined by Intel and Fairchild founder [Gordon Moore] has been a truism since it’s ...

In today's rapidly evolving world, technology and innovation are advancing at an exponential pace. Futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil has long espoused the idea that technological progress is ...

Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Exponential growth looks like a jet taking ...