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I think Nassim Taleb does a good job talking about this in his books. In essence, more and more of things that exist in the world follow a power series distribu
by nemo44x 6y ago
I think Nassim Taleb does a good job talking about this in his books. In essence, more and more of things that exist in the world follow a power series distribution where as this wasn’t the case in the past. We today live in the world of “Extremistan” where it’s winner take most.
In fact I think he uses book sales as an example of this today.
- ekianjo 6y agoYup. He explains this well in Black Swan.
- intergalplan 6y agoThat's globalization and, in the "intellectual property" area: 1) the ability to record & duplicate things in the first place—being able to play the piano tolerably well is worth basically nothing now, socially or commercially, which wasn't the case before radio & recorded music became common, for example, and 2) ever-decreasing costs of duplication. Vonnegut treated of this in more than one of his books. He seemed to regard the effect as likely more socially destructive than it was net-beneficial.
- nemo44x 6y agoYeah “Player Piano” was a good read. I don’t think I really 100% got it when I was 15 but it rings true today still. Might reread it - building a collection of novels for my son in case I die early. And that’s one (as well as “Breakfast of Champions” and “Slaughterhouse 5”) from KV he should read.