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The Penny Problem: Hacking Exponential Growth Bias & The Warren Buffett Rule

Why our brains fail at compounding, the math behind "getting rich slow," and what this means for the future of AI.

Join us on The Before AGI Podcast as we expose a hidden bug in human thinking: Exponential Growth Bias. We start with a classic puzzle—would you take $1 million or a doubling penny?—to reveal why we are terrible at predicting the future.

💰 The Penny Solution: Discover how a single penny balloons to over $5.3 million, exploding our linear intuition.
🧠 The Bias: We explain why we struggle to understand everything from pandemics to the rapid advancement of AI.
📉 Investing Reality: We look at the data showing why 95% of day traders fail, while boring Index Funds win.
Testing The Buffett Rule: Learn the shocking stat that 99% of Warren Buffett’s wealth was accumulated after age 50.
🛠️ The Toolkit: We provide 4 simple rules to harness the power of compounding in finance, skills, and life.

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🌐 Website: ianochiengai.substack.com
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