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The Lindy effect is horseshit. Things that are good tend to be old because of infant death. There are plenty of old tools in consistent/present use that are cu
by limpbizkitfan 4y ago
The Lindy effect is horseshit. Things that are good tend to be old because of infant death.
There are plenty of old tools in consistent/present use that are cumbersome wrecks, too. Curating good things and calling them some buzzword is silly.
- jrm4 4y agoIt's a heuristic, not a rule.
- pdonis 4y ago> The Lindy effect is horseshit. Things that are good tend to be old because of infant death. The Lindy effect doesn't say that the things that have been around a long time have to be good. It just says that their expected lifespan is longer. > There are plenty of old tools in consistent/present use ...that are examples of the Lindy effect even though they are cumbersome wrecks. The point is that they are still in consistent/present use.