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MENTAL MODEL · M1001

Reverse Moore's Law

Reverse Moore's Law
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

If an IT company sells the same number of products with the same performance today as it did 18 months ago, its revenue will be halved. To maintain revenue, it must continuously introduce new products.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

The fate of running. In the tech industry, stagnation is death. You cannot rest on your laurels because your old assets (old technology) are depreciating at an exponential rate.

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Anchor fast decisions

Refers to certain fields (such as software, medical costs) where unit costs or efficiency increase with technological progress rather than decrease, opposite to Moore's Law's 'exponential price reduction', highlighting the different paces of progress across fields.

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