Episode 04: Nobody expects the power law size distributions

Summary:

We start with some a few more scaling examples from technology (Moore's law and Wright's law and other things) and then we dive into the strange world of power law size distributions. We warm ourselves up with some distressing examples how we don't easily understand probability. Heavy-tailed distributions are everywhere and they quantify how big bad things can happen.

Date:

2017/09/07

Duration:

1:07:20

2017/09/07

1:07:20

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Extra:

Not shown: Danforth helps us escape a dongle disaster at the start of class.


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