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It's an observed thing. It's notable as a paradox because it's counterintuitive and less common than the intuitively obvious outcome. The irksome thing about it
by philipkglass 3y ago
It's an observed thing. It's notable as a paradox because it's counterintuitive and less common than the intuitively obvious outcome. The irksome thing about it is when people proclaim an assured Jevons Paradox in advance. Its instances are knowable only with hindsight.
- pixl97 3y agoExactly, in technology we constantly talk about disruption and how we all want to develop the next disruptive industry to strike it rich. Each disruption is a paradigm shift, a kind of event horizon that you can only determine the effects of after you pass it. Now we're watching the potential for one of the bigger disruptions in history and attempting to make predictions with authority. Very few will even be close to correct and those will only be near by the shear probabilistic outcome of so many predictions being made.