Alex Knoch

Eighth Wonder of the World

Small changes. Extraordinary possibilities.

Day 365 of 365 days37.78×
CompoundingSteady addition
Building your world…
Outline = one block · 1× the starting unitStarting value 1× · partial units show the remainder
Ending balance37.78×
Starting value1×
Gain over the start36.78×

Steady addition: 4.65× · same timeline, same visual unit.

Small beginnings.
A different ending.

Move through time. The first changes look small; each new gain becomes part of the next beginning.

61.29%

of the modeled net growth arrives in the final quarter of this scenario.

For 1% daily over 365 days, the ending is 37.78×. This is a mathematical metaphor, not a promise of personal progress.

Inspect the growth table 101 rows · sampled intervals

101 samples across the selected duration.

Nominal values; rows show accumulated totals.
DayBalanceNet suppliedGrowthSteady addition
01×1×0×1×
3.651.04×1×0.04×1.04×
7.31.08×1×0.08×1.07×
10.951.12×1×0.12×1.11×
14.61.16×1×0.16×1.15×
18.251.2×1×0.2×1.18×
21.91.24×1×0.24×1.22×
25.551.29×1×0.29×1.26×
29.21.34×1×0.34×1.29×
32.851.39×1×0.39×1.33×
36.51.44×1×0.44×1.37×
40.151.49×1×0.49×1.4×
43.81.55×1×0.55×1.44×
47.451.6×1×0.6×1.47×
51.11.66×1×0.66×1.51×
54.751.72×1×0.72×1.55×
58.41.79×1×0.79×1.58×
62.051.85×1×0.85×1.62×
65.71.92×1×0.92×1.66×
69.351.99×1×0.99×1.69×
732.07×1×1.07×1.73×
76.652.14×1×1.14×1.77×
80.32.22×1×1.22×1.8×
83.952.31×1×1.31×1.84×
87.62.39×1×1.39×1.88×
91.252.48×1×1.48×1.91×
94.92.57×1×1.57×1.95×
98.552.67×1×1.67×1.99×
102.22.76×1×1.76×2.02×
105.852.87×1×1.87×2.06×
109.52.97×1×1.97×2.09×
113.153.08×1×2.08×2.13×
116.83.2×1×2.2×2.17×
120.453.32×1×2.32×2.2×
124.13.44×1×2.44×2.24×
127.753.56×1×2.56×2.28×
131.43.7×1×2.7×2.31×
135.053.83×1×2.83×2.35×
138.73.98×1×2.98×2.39×
142.354.12×1×3.12×2.42×
1464.27×1×3.27×2.46×
149.654.43×1×3.43×2.5×
153.34.6×1×3.6×2.53×
156.954.77×1×3.77×2.57×
160.64.94×1×3.94×2.61×
164.255.13×1×4.13×2.64×
167.95.32×1×4.32×2.68×
171.555.51×1×4.51×2.72×
175.25.72×1×4.72×2.75×
178.855.93×1×4.93×2.79×
182.56.15×1×5.15×2.83×
186.156.37×1×5.37×2.86×
189.86.61×1×5.61×2.9×
193.456.85×1×5.85×2.93×
197.17.11×1×6.11×2.97×
200.757.37×1×6.37×3.01×
204.47.64×1×6.64×3.04×
208.057.93×1×6.93×3.08×
211.78.22×1×7.22×3.12×
215.358.52×1×7.52×3.15×
2198.84×1×7.84×3.19×
222.659.17×1×8.17×3.23×
226.39.5×1×8.5×3.26×
229.959.86×1×8.86×3.3×
233.610.22×1×9.22×3.34×
237.2510.6×1×9.6×3.37×
240.910.99×1×9.99×3.41×
244.5511.4×1×10.4×3.45×
248.211.82×1×10.82×3.48×
251.8512.26×1×11.26×3.52×
255.512.71×1×11.71×3.56×
259.1513.18×1×12.18×3.59×
262.813.67×1×12.67×3.63×
266.4514.17×1×13.17×3.66×
270.114.7×1×13.7×3.7×
273.7515.24×1×14.24×3.74×
277.415.8×1×14.8×3.77×
281.0516.39×1×15.39×3.81×
284.716.99×1×15.99×3.85×
288.3517.62×1×16.62×3.88×
29218.27×1×17.27×3.92×
295.6518.95×1×17.95×3.96×
299.319.65×1×18.65×3.99×
302.9520.38×1×19.38×4.03×
306.621.13×1×20.13×4.07×
310.2521.91×1×20.91×4.1×
313.922.72×1×21.72×4.14×
317.5523.56×1×22.56×4.18×
321.224.44×1×23.44×4.21×
324.8525.34×1×24.34×4.25×
328.526.28×1×25.28×4.29×
332.1527.25×1×26.25×4.32×
335.828.26×1×27.26×4.36×
339.4529.3×1×28.3×4.39×
343.130.39×1×29.39×4.43×
346.7531.51×1×30.51×4.47×
350.432.67×1×31.67×4.5×
354.0533.88×1×32.88×4.54×
357.735.14×1×34.14×4.58×
361.3536.44×1×35.44×4.61×
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The illustration uses 1 × (1 + daily change) ^ days. Human progress is uneven. The steady-addition comparison adds the same fraction of the original unit each day. Both piles use one shared, labelled unit; partial blocks show remaining value.

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