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Pareto principle. 80% of people are decent human beings, but the 20% that aren’t cause 80% of the problems.
by cainxinth 5y ago
Pareto principle. 80% of people are decent human beings, but the 20% that aren’t cause 80% of the problems.
- SMAAART 5y agoPrice's law: the square root of the population produces 50% of the trouble. Apply that to the US (328.2 million people) and we have that 18,116 individuals are responsible for 50% of problems. Mic drop
- hkt 5y ago..are there 18,116 billionaires and near-billionaires?
- chx 5y agoWait, what? Price's Law. The square root of the number of people in a domain do 50% of the work. Nothing about trouble.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoCausing trouble is work, of sorts. But perhaps it would be clearer if restated as, "50% of impact in a domain can be attributed to square root the number of people in that domain".
- anonporridge 5y agoCould also be applied to community discussion, both online and in meatspace. There is an extreme minority of people who comment and up/down vote who drive the discussion of the whole. The 99% rarely participate and just go along for the ride.
- nathanvanfleet 5y agoUhhhhhhhh... the golden ratio.
- ermir 5y agoAnd the square root of that is 135, which causes 25% of the total trouble. If we could only find these people and get rid of them, we'd have paradise on Earth! And that's how genocides start.
- im3w1l 5y agoIf only we had some kind of "credit score" but for social things..
- pope_meat 5y agoAnd it should be algorithmically driven with all sorts of fun edge cases and poor maintenance. Edit: oh, and obviously closed source, and have it's entire db leak about once a year due to excellent security.
- smnplk 5y ago非常有趣，请告诉更多
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoNah... surely there's no way that software could mess up... people have all kinds of strange ideas, like traffic cameras looking for people using phones, and tag a guy scratching his head.... this surely is impossible to happen in real life with modern software.
- prashantsengar 5y agoHello from China
- Igelau 5y agoThe old Accidental Black Mirror.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoI'm surprised /r/UnexpectedBlackMirror doesn't exist yet.
- GravitasFailure 5y agoUnlike the inquisition, everybody expects Black Mirror these days.
- jl6 5y ago20% of people are not decent human beings? Harsh.
- bogwog 5y agoHave you met people?
- omginternets 5y agoIs one person out of five that you meet causing trouble?
- seattle_spring 5y agoIf driving on a highway is any indication, then yes
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoKeep in mind, out of 25 people, one is causing 64% of the problems while the worst four besides that one are responsible for just an additional 16%.
- a1369209993 5y ago> out of 25 people, one is causing 64% of the problems while the worst four besides that one are responsible for just an additional 16% Also, if you have any influence over which 20 people you spend time with, they're probably the 20 out of 25 who are not those five.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoPeople who are shit are probably excluded from many social circles, so I don't think that's a great indicator.
- Igelau 5y agoIf the answer is "no", it's probably you.