Logarithmic returns come from opportunities spread across orders of magnitude of cost
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-10-20
Continuing the thread, Papail argues boundedness explains why returns eventually flatten but not why they diminish logarithmically. You get logarithmic returns when the opportunities you capture — market edge or new skills a model can learn — are spread across orders of magnitude of cost, which he believes matches reality.
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