The Lorax in Graphs
Dr. Seuss in graphs: the Lorax explains that environmental damage grows faster than thneed production. The cost is superlinear.
Transcript
[Graph: "environmental devastation" vs. "thneed production," curving upward]
"The Lorax looked me in the eye, then sighed a raspy, gaspy sigh and cried, 'You ghoulish, foolish guy! Our skins are growing skinnier. Our tummies, too, are thinnier. Each thneed you make's a worse mistake: The cost is superlinear!'"
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