I think the &quot;plentiful examples&quot; exhibits very strong confirmation bias.<p>Yes, <i>exponential growth trends result in overestimating short-term, and underestimating long-term, changes.</i><p>However <i>very</i> few phenomena show persistent long-term exponential growth characteristics. For all the obvious reasons. The growth rapidly becomes ridiculous and&#x2F;or unsustainable.