EPISODE 59: THE LINDY EFFECT
The Daily Discipline from Project MNDST · Tom Carter
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Show Notes
The longer something has survived, the longer it's likely to continue surviving. Nassim Taleb calls this the Lindy Effect—and it changes how you should think about what to read, what to practice, and what to trust.
Time is the ultimate filter. Books that have been in print for a hundred years will likely be in print for another hundred. Ideas from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus have survived millennia because they work—stress-tested across cultures, centuries, and countless human lives. This episode explores why time-tested wisdom deserves more weight than the latest trends.
Key Topics: Lindy Effect, Nassim Taleb, time-tested wisdom, antifragility, Stoicism, decision-making heuristics, information filtering, habit longevity, compounding evidence
Today's Practice: Look at your reading list, your habits, your sources of advice. How much is Lindy—time-tested and proven? How much is noise dressed as novelty? Shift the ratio. Spend more time with what has survived.
Master the mind. Your life will follow.]]>