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One of my favorite kids' books is that Indian story about the grains of rice, where as a gift or reward, the peasant asks for two grains, then four, doubling every day over a month, and the Raja thinks this is not that big of a deal, right? Two grains, four grains is not a big deal. Of course, in the end, it gets to two to the 32nd power, four million grains of rice, which was like all of it, and it just sneaks up on you.

In this segment, Vijay shares a favorite kids' book that features an Indian tale about grains of rice, which he uses to illustrate concepts of exponential growth. He recounts how the story's protagonist, a peasant, cleverly requests an ever-increasing number of grains as a reward, ultimately reaching an astonishing figure.

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