All this movement can come at a price for companies since participants learn on a steep curve at first.

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For those who want to learn more about the Laffer Curve, these three videos will make you more knowledgeable than 99 percent of people in Washington (not a big achievement, I realize, but the information is still useful).

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But stenography is a steep learning curve and more difficult to learn than Qwerty.

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Saito, 45 has been working at the shipyard for 26 years, and time is required to learn the technique: five years to do a simple curve and another five to become really skillful.

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The learning curve is usually thought of as a gradual incline, with the assumption that as you learn, performance improves bit-by-bit over time.

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And an understanding that while we can learn from the past, the world changed again five minutes ago and we must strive to stay ahead of that curve.

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