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Price'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
by SMAAART 5y ago
Price'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.