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So, e/accers have claimed the exponential curve as the emblem on their flag of "righteous change." There have been many examples in history of change documented in an exponential curve and they are *not* all good. Pandemic infection rates and deaths regularly follow an exponential growth curve (e.g. Covid-19). The nuclear chain reaction in an atomic bomb is represented as an exponential growth curve. Ponzi schemes can be illustrated in an exponential growth curve -- just to name a few.

For years, Silicon Valley has adopted mission statements that frame change as being always good -- ridiculous statements like "move fast and break things," or "fake it until you make it," or simply, "disrupt!" (with no care about the aftermath). Silicon Valley has turned change into a religion. To question any change is considered heresy, labeling anyone who does it a Luddite (even though the Luddites were not against technology). For the e/accers, the new fanatics of the religion of change, proclaiming change as always good is not enough. It has to happen exponentially! The e/accers are delusional. Given power, they will lead the world to disaster through their egotistical belief that they can't possibly be wrong.

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