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Around a thousand years ago, a mathematician and inventor named Sissa created chess. He showed it to the ruler of the land, who was so impressed that he offered Sissa any reward he wanted. Sissa said, “I would like you to put one grain of rice on this chessboard and then keep double the amount of grain for each subsequent square.” The ruler quickly agreed and told his advisors to figure out how much rice they would need to pay off Sissa. As it turns out, we don’t even have enough rice in the world today to meet the amount required. Sissa then became the new ruler of the land. At first glance, doubling a grain of rice on a chessboard seems like it will lead to very gradual and small growth. However, when you get to the second half of the chessboard, the doubling accelerates at a hockey stick growth pattern, meaning it’s no longer gradual growth but a massive increase from each square to the next. When we talk about the rapid pace of change, this is where most leaders, technologists, and futurists believe we ar