Jevon's paradox happens when elasticity of demand is extremely high.

· Bits and Bobs 3/23/26
  • Jevon's paradox happens when elasticity of demand is extremely high.
    • That is, when latent demand is significantly higher than realized demand.
    • As cost declines, demand rises at a significant rate.
    • LLMs have a compounding rate, because you can use tokens to create tools that consume tokens.
    • This then accretes, leading to an accelerating rate of demand.

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