Episode 07: Simon's first mover advantage and Mandelbrot's model

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Episode 07: Simon's first mover advantage and Mandelbrot's model

Episode 06: Simon's rich-gets-richer model with bonus surprise

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Episode 08: Emergence and the limits of understandability

Summary:

We talk about the surprising first mover advantage lying around in Simon's model for over 60 years and then work through Mandelbrot's optimization argument for efficient language. We lay out the classic fight between Simon and Mandelbrot over whose model is totally the best. Bonus: Benford's law.

Date:

2016/09/20

Duration:

1:14:57

2016/09/20

1:14:57

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Extra:

The slow Quickening of academics. There can be only one truth. Maybe. Essential viewing: Colbert punditry-based Quickening here and here.