We live in exponential times, but we humans are naturally lame at understanding exponentiality.
Abstract:
– Analysis of the visual representations of exponentials.
– Proposals to solve current visualization issues.
– Call to discussion to come up with a better visual representation convention.
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” — Albert Allen Bartlett, Physics professor
Our big brains brought us the capability to predict the future, and it worked great when our environment was moving on a (rather slow) linear progression, when our ‘food’ moved around the fields from A to B at a constant pace. But many critical aspects of XXI century life move…
Albert Creus
A 1.96 meters person. I do graphic design for a living.
