what math can teach us about how to live - by Maalvika
I've always found math to be quite poetic and philosophical. It has taught me about patterns, relationships, and the hidden structures that govern how things change over time. The same principles that describe the motion of planets, the spread of epidemics, and the growth of populations also describe the arc of a life, the development of relationships, and the accumulation of meaning. Turns out, the universe has been giving us life advice all along. If something decreases by 1/5, in order for it to get back to its original state, you have to increase it by 1/4. If something decreases by 1/4, in order for it to get back to its original state, you have to increase it by 1/3. If something decreases by 1/3, in order for it to get back to its original state, you have to increase it by 1/2. When I first learned this, it took me a minute to process it. But watching this principle play out in human lives? That took years to understand, and even longer to accept. When you're operating from a di
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