Nonlinear Exertion and Myth

Maximal exertion, in the case of extremely capable individuals, requires nonlinear effort. Duly challenged, exertion becomes a runaway chain reaction.

The legend of the Red Shoes was never about an inability to stop dancing. It was about the peril of confronting the geometric curve where great capability and maximal effort converge to meet daunting challenge.

The legend of Samson was never about a haircut. It was about the plight of extremely capable individuals jarred from the precariously narrow conditions wherein they're able to exert at full capacity.


As a kid I thought a lot about a lonely waterproof heater lost overboard in the Atlantic, trying to heat the whole ocean.