[AT] Better build a bigger shed

[Mattias Kessén]

About a billion, 5% with 20tractors each, the rest filled with all that
other crap...

Den lör 28 mars 2020 20:09 <szabelski at wildblue.net> skrev:

> How many pole barns would you need to store 1 billion tractors?
>
> Carl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com>
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 09:24:06 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [AT] Better build a bigger shed
>
> Ha!   With a billion tractors I’m pretty sure I could find a way to move
> the Atlantic Ocean. (-;
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 28, 2020, at 2:49 AM, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > How many ships will you need to Bring me my tractors? 😀
> > Stay safe and at home.
> >
> > Den lör 28 mars 2020 05:47Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> skrev:
> >> I just recently heard this and thought I had heard something new and
> interesting.   Turns out it is an old trope used to explain exponential
> growth -  a phrase we heard a thousand times this month regarding the
> pandemic.  But what does exponential growth really look like?
> >>
> >> Let’s say I promise to give you 1 million antique tractors. Or I could
> give you one antique tractor today, then two tomorrow, and four the next
> day, and so on doubling them every day for a month. Just a month that’s
> all. Which one would you take?  Most would grab the million.
> >>
> >> But that’s the wrong route:  You would have over *1 billion* antique
> tractors by the end of the month if you chose the later.(2 raised to the
> 30th power -1).   Trust me, If this ever happens I will be smart enough to
> offer you the deal on February 1 :-)
> >>
> >> And that’s the lesson today for understanding exponential growth -
> something that has relevance in many biological phenomenon:  Whether it’s
> duckweed on a pond or viruses in the pandemic. Puts into perspective why
> social distancing and staying at home is so important.
> >>
> >> So everyone be safe and stay socially isolated in our shops working on
> tractors!
> >>
> >> Hope all is well with everyone,
> >>
> >>
> >> Spencer
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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