246K views · Mar 12, 2017 · 5:15 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2021
A short clip of Jordan Peterson explaining Pareto distributions, using Soviet farm collectivization and the resulting famine as context. It also covers how outcomes concentrate in a few people.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN points to it for an accessible explanation of why wealth and creative output are so unevenly distributed.
“Jordan Peterson has an excellent lecture on describing this phenomenon.”HN comment, 2021
“Jordan Peterson has an excellent lecture on describing this phenomenon.”
Lecture on Pareto distributions in human creative endeavors.
This is expected and falls under the Pareto distribution. All human creative endeavors follow this distribution (movies/ tv shows/ music) at different scales. Even some weird ones like most commonly used words follow this. Jordan Peterson has an excellent lecture on describing this phenomenon. this video
“Dr. Jordan Peterson does a good detailing of this phenomenon.”
Peterson explains Pareto distributions in wealth and outcomes.
What she didn't realize what she ended up demonstrating was the reality of pareto distributions. Dr. Jordan Peterson does a good detailing of this phenomenon. this video
“The reason why it stays that way instead of shrinking is probably related to the Pareto distribution problem.”
Actually, the poverty level doesn't continue to rise, it's been stable around 13.5% for the last 30 years. The reason why it stays that way instead of shrinking is probably related to the Pareto distribution problem. this video
