46 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
46 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
id: 2026-02-17T16:47:46-05:00
|
|
aliases: []
|
|
title: 2026-02-17 16:47:46
|
|
tags:
|
|
- authorship/original
|
|
- destiny/permanent
|
|
- exclude-from-word-count
|
|
- status/draft
|
|
- type/timestamped
|
|
daily: "[[2026-02-17]]"
|
|
dg-publish: true
|
|
monthly: "[[2026-02]]"
|
|
quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]"
|
|
weekly: "[[2026-W08]]"
|
|
yearly: "[[2026]]"
|
|
---
|
|
# 2026-02-17 16:47:46
|
|
|
|
## The Lindy Effect
|
|
|
|
> [!quote] [Lindy effect - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect)
|
|
> The Lindy effect (also known as Lindy's law)
|
|
> is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy
|
|
> of some non-perishable thing,
|
|
> like a technology or an idea,
|
|
> is proportional to its current age.
|
|
> Thus, the Lindy effect proposes
|
|
> 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.
|
|
> Where the Lindy effect applies,
|
|
> mortality rate decreases with time.
|
|
>
|
|
> ...
|
|
>
|
|
> The concept is named after Lindy's delicatessen in New York City,
|
|
> where the concept was informally theorized by comedians:
|
|
> a show running only 2 weeks
|
|
> would be expected to last another 2 weeks,
|
|
> while a show that has lasted 2 years
|
|
> could expect a further 2-year run.
|