Linear Thinking in a Nonlinear World

Posted by tdmckinlay on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:01PM
from the hbr.org dept.

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Re:Linear Thinking in a Nonlinear World by PaulHoule on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:05PM (#28832414)

I had an argument with my son about this: why it is we say you run a "4 minute mile" instead of "15 miles per hour".

Namely, you can add a 10 minute mile and a 15 minute mile and know you did two miles in 25 minutes.

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