Powers of Negativity
Three 'powers of negativity' (gloom, contagion, self-reinforcement) set above the powers of −2, which alternate in sign.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-powers-of-negativity/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Powers of Negativity] Alters Weather [gloomy figure under a rain cloud] · Contagious ["Harumph." "Harumph."] · Self-Reinforcing ["Of course I feel negative. Wouldn't you, if you felt negative all the time?"]
[Powers of Negatives] (−2)³ = −8 · (−2)⁴ = 16 · (−2)⁵ = −32