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Critical Mass

Natural Sciences · Thomas Schelling

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The minimum threshold of resources, users, or energy needed for a process to become self-sustaining — below it, momentum dies; above it, growth accelerates.

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Faster Than Normal. “Critical Mass Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/critical-mass. Accessed 2026.

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