https://nomadentrpy219490.substack.com/p/are-dc-restaurants-lindy
Empirical Investigation of the Lindy Effect I wrote up.
Sources: In article (Nassim Taleb, Toby Ord)
Tools: Python (seaborn, matplotlib, powerlaw, polars)
Posted by genstranger
![Are Washington D.C. Restaurants "Lindy"? [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ohq2ot88f80f1-1024x683.png "Are Washington D.C. Restaurants “Lindy”? [OC]")
https://nomadentrpy219490.substack.com/p/are-dc-restaurants-lindy
Empirical Investigation of the Lindy Effect I wrote up.
Sources: In article (Nassim Taleb, Toby Ord)
Tools: Python (seaborn, matplotlib, powerlaw, polars)
Posted by genstranger
6 Comments
What the hell does “lindy” mean
You should do a better (any) job of summarizing your study in the post description. Simply copy/paste a few sentences of your thesis, finding conclusion.
Very few redditors will click a 2nd link.
[The Lindy Effect](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect)
I really thought this was about Lindy’s Red Lion for a minute
[The Triple Lindy Effect](https://youtu.be/4VDry9fy8UE?si=wIBz3yXgkVGzbmZ5)
Edit: The Lindy Effect states that **the future life expectancy of a non-perishable item is proportional to its current age.** I found that this effect did apply to restaurant time open in Washington, D.C.