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Taleb makes the argument this should actually be obvious. Old ideas have survived over time, which suggests they are good enough to be passed down from generati
by ellius 7y ago
Taleb makes the argument this should actually be obvious. Old ideas have survived over time, which suggests they are good enough to be passed down from generation to generation. New ideas are a complete crapshoot, and you have to do a lot more work to figure out if they're worth a damn.
- jborichevskiy 7y agoThe Lindy effect Wikipedia article has further reading on this as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
- lubonay 7y agoI guess that's why they call it "surviving the test of time".