Open the Google Doc and make a copy!

So a lot of people interested in growth and macro like I am think and talk a lot about growth and size. I have often found it handy to have a little reference on paper or in a little spread sheet, however, I've felt like I've often needed a little more.

After a bit of trying I have put this together for everyone to use. I am not a programmer, mathematician, or scienceolgist, so it is likely full of mistakes. Particularly with this, the first version. Regardless, I think it's worth putting out there to see what people think and what they might be able to add.

Q: What is it?
A: It's a custom spread sheet that lets you enter a few numbers (into the tan cells) and it will give you an output of how an exponential growth (or shrinkage) might look step by step.

Q: What is it useful for?
A: Storywriters, RPers, growth drives, or just people interested in goofing around.

Q: Whoa Whoa, why so formal? I'm not using a spreadsheet to write a story.
A: This is not meant to be prescriptive on anyone's creativity. However I do think that keeping this kind of thing in the back of your head can often be useful! Of course the story, characters and Rule of Cool always come first.

Q: Whats with all these weird units?
A: The units are customizable if you know a little about spreadsheets. You can add, delete, alter as you see fit. Over time, if people are interested I will add some more options. Some formal, and some just for fun.

Q: What about linear or quadratic growth?
A: Neither of these are very useful. Linear growth starts way too fast, and ends way too slow. Quadratic growth runs into similar problems the larger the numbers we're dealing with. Logarithmic growth is just a mess.

Q: Can I change it?
A: Make a copy of the Doc and you can change anything you like!

Q: Arrg, it's so complicated and I broke everything!
A: Just copy the original below again and start over.

Q: What is exponent, double exponent?
A: Exponent is x^n, double exponent is x^n^n. Since we are hitting a finite end number, the faster the growth increases, the slower it starts, so double exponent means that the starting growth is almost imperceptible.

Q: Bigger?
A: Yes.

Q: It's so confusing! It's missing X feature! Something is broken!
A: This is only the very first version, but I just wanted to get it out there. Done is good.

Q: Some of the units and formatting is a little weird.
A: If people are interested, I will hopefully try and clean things up in future versions.

Q: Can you help me?
A: You can ask, but if more then a few people are looking for help I may not be able to answer you. If I don't reply to your request don't take it personally.

Open the Google Doc and make a copy!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet.....it?usp=sharing

Don't try to edit or ask me to edit the original. The original will be locked. New versions will be released with a different link. You must make a copy of your own to make any changes.

Updates, forks, and fixes are all welcome, but please credit me!