in the process of discussing the Lindy effect with @pareinoia yesterday, I realized that the concept has strong ties to that of civilizational filters (ie the Great Filter), and I don't think this is an angle I've seen brought up before
to explain, let me first define Lindy
if you look at the probability distributions for these various phenomenon, you'll find cliffs at certain points along the timeline, where if it passes that point, the projected persistence jump discontinuously; consider how that relates to civilizational filters
@pee_zombie
Typically hazard functions show decay after a risky settling in period but a relatively smooth curve after that. May be constant hazard, may decay slowly, but there's usually not a discrete drop in the hazard at some arbitrary time far from zero
@pee_zombie
There are exceptions though. For instance if we assume covid takes two weeks to kill you, that'd show up as a bump two weeks after exposure.
once some barrier to growth/spread is overcome, there is (presumably) a period of intense growth, as the previously-suppressed potential is released and burned through
if the phenomenon is Lindy, "more of it" existing predicts "much more of it" persisting