57 points
Nerds love second order derivative arguments.
“It’s still increasing but the rate at which it’s increasing is going down”
Or, as people who don’t have a lanyard cutting off oxygen to their brain correctly perceived it, shits still going up.
“We’re still heading off the cliff at insane speed, but the rate of acceleration has somewhat slowed”
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Nixon made a similar argument once. It’s the 3rd derivative since inflation is the first derivative of a currency’s buying power.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_derivative#Economic_example
11 points
Just keep taking derivatives and eventually you’ll find one going in the direction you want.
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