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Knowledge compounding acts like financial interest

Small, incremental additions to a linked note system grow exponentially in value over time as the network effects take hold. This non-linear growth is the inverse of how Technical debt compounds non-linearly.¹

Footnotes

1. Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits. ↩