- Jul 2023
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The reason, then, for the omission of authors and worksafter 1900 is simply that the Editors did not feel that they oranyone else could accurately judge the merits of contempo-rary writings.
The idea of the Lindy effect is subtly hiding here. Presumably it also existed before.
It's often seen in how historians can or can't easily evaluate the impact of recent historical figures without the appropriate amount of additional evaluation with respect to passing time.
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- Jul 2022
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herman.bearblog.dev herman.bearblog.dev
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Once a post goes viral on Twitter, Hacker News, Reddit, or anywhere else off-platform, it has the potential to form a “Katamari ball” where it gets upvotes because it has upvotes (which means it gets more upvotes, because it has more upvotes, which means…well…you get it). This is also known as "the network effect", but I feel a Katamari ball better illustrates it.
Network effects can describe a broad variety of phenomenon. Is Katamari ball a better descriptor of this specific phenomenon?
How does one prioritize the richer quality Lindy library material that may be even more beneficial than things which are simply new?
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- Oct 2021
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lindylearn.io lindylearn.io
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<small><cite class='h-cite via'>ᔥ <span class='p-author h-card'>Peter Hagen</span> in Peter Hagen (@peterhagen_) / Twitter (<time class='dt-published'>10/25/2021 09:47:19</time>)</cite></small>
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- May 2021
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www.thelindylibrary.org www.thelindylibrary.org
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www.gwern.net www.gwern.net
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Origin of Lindy's Law or the Lindy effect.
A discussion of the life expectancy of a comic.
What they miss here is that it's easier to produce if you're also consuming a lot of material, particularly in a group. The output is proportion to the input, and at the time there was only so much input that one could take in in a much sparser media market in comparison to 2021.
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Similarly, while individual artefacts may be fragile, their lineage is likely to continue if they serve and extend deeply-rooted needs. Hence the innovator’s twin adages: “what significant problem does it solve?” and “how does it make life easier?” If you can’t answer either of these questions about something new – if you can’t in some way connect the temporary to the timeless – it probably makes sense to wait rather than betting the farm.
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www.sciencedirect.com www.sciencedirect.com
- Apr 2021
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www.baldurbjarnason.com www.baldurbjarnason.com
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This is the culture that finds the idea of ten year old essays still being relevant so jarring that instead of just referring to collections of these essays as the field’s ‘canon’ they invent a new phrase that’s based on a misunderstanding of a casual heuristic observation: “Lindy Libraries” or “Lindy Media”. Basically, texts that are likely to last as long as they have lasted so far.
What is a Lindy Library? This is the first reference to it as a "thing" that I've seen.
Perhaps these references may be useful?
- https://twitter.com/george__mack/status/1163546430264545285?lang=en
- https://www.thelindylibrary.org/
- https://dev.to/swyx/notes-on-growing-a-language-by-guy-steele-5501 which references the Lindy Effect.
After a brief look, it appears as if the last is the appropriate reference.
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