Do they even make a razor with one blade anymore? I love when economists start thinking about things they aren't supposed to think about! (Thanks Chuck!) agrumer: Nine years to the Singularity Nine years to the Singularity Someone at The Economist with a bit of extra time on his hands was looking at the recent proliferation of many-bladed razors, and noticed that the time gap between blade increments seems to be shrinking: 70 years before someone added the second blade, a couple of decades to the third, only two or three years between the four-bladed Schick Quattro and the five-bladed Gillette Fusion. Might there be a Moore’s Law for razors blades? Hence the chart over there.
Razor Curves
Razor Curves
Razor Curves
Do they even make a razor with one blade anymore? I love when economists start thinking about things they aren't supposed to think about! (Thanks Chuck!) agrumer: Nine years to the Singularity Nine years to the Singularity Someone at The Economist with a bit of extra time on his hands was looking at the recent proliferation of many-bladed razors, and noticed that the time gap between blade increments seems to be shrinking: 70 years before someone added the second blade, a couple of decades to the third, only two or three years between the four-bladed Schick Quattro and the five-bladed Gillette Fusion. Might there be a Moore’s Law for razors blades? Hence the chart over there.