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ray covered that in the video presentation (33:00 in). technological growth is a chain of S curves, trending up at first and trending slower at the end of a given paradigm. ray uses the example that computers used to pass information via vacuum tubes. the tubes kept getting smaller until they physically couldnt get any smaller and contain a vacuum. then that prompted the adoption of transistors and computing went to another level. so we're on the tail end of the current hardware paradigm, which is why the growth factor is leveling off. ray believes the next paradigm is likely some kind of three dimensional hardware that will build off of and enhance our understanding of biology.