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Summary of Scale by Geoffrey West | Free Audiobook

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Is New York a Scaled Up San Francisco?

Metabolic rate is the amount of energy an animal needs to stay alive. Elephants are roughly ten thousand times heavier than rats, but their metabolic rate only increases by 75%. The same can be said for cities and companies. Cities are approximately scaled versions of one another despite various differences in history, geography and culture.

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