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To save everyone the read, this is an explanation of Taleb's take on the "Lindy Effect"[1]. One-sentence explanation from the article: "The controversial auth
by mdorazio 7y ago
To save everyone the read, this is an explanation of Taleb's take on the "Lindy Effect"[1]. One-sentence explanation from the article:
"The controversial author Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a counter-intuitive rule-of-thumb for answering questions like this. If you want to know how long something non-perishable will endure – that is, something not subject to the limits of a natural lifespan – then the first question you should ask is how long it has already existed. The older it is, the more likely it is to go on surviving."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect