The Lindy effect is really interesting and is everywhere, although we don't usually notice it. If you think about it, a glass, a table or a pencil are designs so well done that they are already impossible to beat, they remain the same no matter how much time passes. However, more modern things that we think will always be like that can quickly be abandoned, as happens to social networks, which die every few years and new ones emerge. That does not happen to books, it is still a means of communication with more than 2000 years and it is not going to die so easily.
While I agree there are def some things that are classics for a reason, I also feel some classics, and I'm thinking of books and films here in particular, are just not to my taste. So I like to keep an open mind. Will I read/watch them? Yes, of course. Will I enjoy them? That remains to be seen!
That's a good point. The arts are subjective and not everything is to everyone's liking, so it's normal that we don't like it. That happened to me with The Brothers Karamazov, which despite being a literary classic, I didn't enjoy it very much.
However, if many people have appreciated it historically, it is more likely to be of high quality. Although not 100% sure.
Very interesting. Thank you for introducing me to the Lindy Effect.
Hello Lisa! :)
The Lindy effect is really interesting and is everywhere, although we don't usually notice it. If you think about it, a glass, a table or a pencil are designs so well done that they are already impossible to beat, they remain the same no matter how much time passes. However, more modern things that we think will always be like that can quickly be abandoned, as happens to social networks, which die every few years and new ones emerge. That does not happen to books, it is still a means of communication with more than 2000 years and it is not going to die so easily.
While I agree there are def some things that are classics for a reason, I also feel some classics, and I'm thinking of books and films here in particular, are just not to my taste. So I like to keep an open mind. Will I read/watch them? Yes, of course. Will I enjoy them? That remains to be seen!
Hello Lissa! :)
That's a good point. The arts are subjective and not everything is to everyone's liking, so it's normal that we don't like it. That happened to me with The Brothers Karamazov, which despite being a literary classic, I didn't enjoy it very much.
However, if many people have appreciated it historically, it is more likely to be of high quality. Although not 100% sure.
Yes a classic for reasons I am not yet informed enough to appreciate. That’s how I look at it.