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A problem from a behavioral economics textbook.
You're offered a choice:
▸ $1,000,000 now
▸ 1 cent, doubled every day for 30 days
95% of people take the first. 95% of people lose $4.4 million.
The penny math:
▸ Day 1: $0.01
▸ Day 10: $5.12
▸ Day 20: $5,242
▸ Day 30: $5,368,709
This is exponential growth bias. The brain thinks linearly, reality runs on exponents. The gap grows every day.
The same principle in life:
▸ 1% per day × 1 year = ×37
▸ 1 book/month × 30 years = 360 books
▸ 30 minutes each morning × 10 years = 1,825 hours of practice
You choose the million today or the exponent in 30 days. The difference is patience.
Wrote up the logic in the article: why small steps beat big bets in any area.
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