Although the predominant feature of activity modulation during self - timed saccades is a near linear decline in firing rate over time, other modulations are clearly present. (journals.plos.org)
Further, I showed that Pharma's IRR has followed a rapid and steady linear decline over 20 years, which is consistent with recent estimates from BCG and Deloitte, and can be fully explained by the Law of Diminishing Returns as a natural and unavoidable consequence of prioritizing a limited set of investment opportunities while each new drug raises the bar for the next. (endpts.com)
Either there is a defensible linear decline from a mighty and moral generation to a perverse and agnostic one, or there is not. (firstthings.com)