The Pareto principle is a principle, not a law, agreed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle The conf

The Pareto principle is a principle, not a law, agreed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle The conflation being at the root of most of what you said is unfortunate: Pareto's law would indeed be a bad law, if it existed. Yes, I think the world is full of situations where 80% of the payoff comes from 20% of the work. I'd even be cheeky and say that the Pareto principle applies to about 80% of situations.