The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)

What this video covers

Part 1 of a lecture by physicist Albert Bartlett on the exponential function and its consequences for population growth, resource use and energy. It argues that steady growth rates quickly lead to enormous quantities.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

A perennial HN recommendation for building intuition about exponential growth, cited whenever endless growth, energy or population come up.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“I strongly recommend it”

“It blew my mind when I first watched it two years ago”

“stick with it; it's really captivating and interesting”