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Re: paper: Growth of FRC

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Originally Posted by FRC4ME View Post
One will note that the graph is linear, rather than exponential, implying that the program's overall growth rate is both healthy and sustainable.
I don't think that linear growth has much correlation to sustainability. I think that once a system like this hits saturation, it takes an exponential increase in resources to accomodate a linear growth in results.

Think of it like this: Once a cup is full of water, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you pour more water in.. it's going to overflow. The only thing that will help is getting a bigger cup. Eventually your cup becomes a bucket, which is inherently different than the thing you started with. Sure, it still holds water, but it's not really the same.

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