Just How Powerful is Disruption? Chart of the Week

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Publication Type: Investment Cases

How powerful is disruption? If the original 1980 Toyota Camry followed Moore’s Law, its 94 horsepower engine would have exceeded a semi-truck’s by 1986, surpassed a tank’s by ’88, outpaced the largest container ship’s by 2001, outclassed a nuclear reactor by ’08, and finally eclipse space shuttle’s power by 2019, growing to over 47 million hp! This thought experiment illustrates the magnitude of the disruptive threat legacy business must contend with, the power of the exponential growth function.

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