We are flatulant.

This chart reminded me of this very interesting video, pretty sure you'll like it too nostr:nprofile1qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgkwaehxw309a5xjum59ehx7um5wghxcctwvshsfmrzrk .. https://youtu.be/J_vXK9uvRf4

Asimov told us so :)

The curve is basically perfect https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.10783

Indeed. Just look at the Rsq for the graph of US debt over the last 55 years 😳

The emergent smoothness only holds at the macro scale. Zoom in and you still see coordination failures, runs, panics, cascades. The ideal gas model works because individual particle behavior is random and independent. Crowds are neither — they share information and imitate each other. The predicta...