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11 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 28 January 2015 11:11AM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 30 January 2015 11:53:39AM 4 points [-]

The Law of the Minimum seems metaphorically relevant. "Growth is controlled not by the total amount of resources available, but by the scarcest resource."

Intelligence, speed, time, energy, charisma, money, able-bodiedness, a like-minded community, etc.: any of these may be someone's limiting factor.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 30 January 2015 02:08:52PM 1 point [-]

On the other hand, sometimes one resource can trade off for another. There are a lot of examples of this in computational complexity where one can use up less memory if one is willing to use a slower algorithm or if one is willing to use more memory one can get more speed. These aren't the only examples.