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Youtubers are from extremistan but dentists are from mediocristan[1] The distribution of outcomes in the two job categories is a different curve with Youtuber
by abraxas 6y ago
Youtubers are from extremistan but dentists are from mediocristan[1] The distribution of outcomes in the two job categories is a different curve with Youtuber jobs having a very strong “winner take all” inclination. The problem with any proposed solutions is that they are unable to change these curves. Their existence emerges naturally in various domains. I don’t think anyone ever figured out how to even out an extremistan domain to make it resemble a mediocristan distribution.
1. https://people.wou.edu/~shawd/mediocristan--extremistan.html https://people.wou.edu/~shawd/mediocristan--extremistan.html
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoEvery market where a single provider is able to satisfy unlimited and global demand will be a winner takes all situation. One youtuber can entertain millions of people while one dentist can only work on a few people per day. You may be the 100,000th best dentist but that doesn’t matter because everyone above you is already booked out.
- npteljes 6y agoAlready booked out, and also locality matters a lot. On the internet, a live stream only takes <1s to reach me, while I have to find a dentist in my own area.
- abraxas 6y agoThat’s just one dimension of it. If I’m a mega live streamer I can be servicing millions of viewers all at once. As a dentist I’m most likely to be serving 1.