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Indeed, reminds me of this lecture series:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL76483D7434812A0D

At some point there's a (not entirely) rethorical question about what's a "good" growth rate for a town, and a politician indicate 5% is good. 1.05^15 ~ 2. So that's a doubling in the period between someone enters kindergarten and leaves high school.



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