https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0905.0129/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10856661urn:hackerpapers:mention:0905.0129:10856661Thu, 07 Jan 2016 08:13:42 GMT<p>Very interesting. I&#x27;m hardly a bio/ecologist but I think that I have some links you may find pertinent: * The Lindy effect [0] is a theory of the life expectancy of non-perishable things that posits for a certain class of nonperishables, like a technology or an idea, every additional day may imply a longer (remaining) life expectancy:[1] the mortality rate decreases with time. This contrasts with living creatures and mechanical things, which instead follow a bathtub curve, where every additional day in its life translates into a shorter additional life expectancy (though longer overall life…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0905.0129/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.bio-ph