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Contra-indicator number #27: When things have never been better - then things are about to get a whole lot worse. Regression to the mean is a bitch. Enjoy the
by confluence 14y ago
Contra-indicator number #27: When things have never been better - then things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Regression to the mean is a bitch.
Enjoy the hay while it lasts my fellow engineering brethren - winter is coming :)
Note: I saw the last boom blow up. Let's just say that it had a negative impression upon my forward looking optimism.
- iskander 14y agoThat logic doesn't really apply world population. Or infant mortality rates. Or anything else that increases due to a change in underlying situation rather than random fluctuation.
- confluence 14y agoIt's not logic. It's a heuristic. Furthermore world population growth is currently stalling.
- kddd 14y agoWould you mind to share more contra-indicators?