I'd like to see a similar graph ending in 1900, 1800, etc. How different do those graphs look to this one? (EDIT: obviously you can just block out the last column(s), but the resolution isn't that good.)
In other words, is there anything special about this point in time?
Would a log graph better show if there has been other explosive growths like the 20th and the start of the 21st centuries? Maybe I'm incredibly naive, but it seems like they've plotted exponential growth and said, "hey, it looks exponential!"
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I'd like to see a similar graph ending in 1900, 1800, etc. How different do those graphs look to this one? (EDIT: obviously you can just block out the last column(s), but the resolution isn't that good.)
In other words, is there anything special about this point in time?
Would a log graph better show if there has been other explosive growths like the 20th and the start of the 21st centuries? Maybe I'm incredibly naive, but it seems like they've plotted exponential growth and said, "hey, it looks exponential!"