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Lindy staples?

• VoodooJuJu 3y ago
  Lindy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect; ...the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy. Longevity implies a resistance to change, obsolescence or competition and greater odds of continued existence into the future. staples as in "staple foods or crops"
  • selimthegrim 3y ago
    Oh I understood the latter but now I see where that saying about how a company is expected to last long as it’s already had comes from