Albert Bartlett has said, "The greatest shortcoming of the human race has been its failure to understand the exponential function," or something very close to that. I've tried to convey his message as succinctly as possible in this video clip.
To a great extent, the mass hysteria branded as "patriotism" that preceded the U.S. so-called "preemptive" entry into the Iraq war resulted from poor news reporting and analysis.
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist
complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked
how long it took him to catch them.
"Not very long," answered the Mexican.
"But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the American.
