English Dictionary

Lindy effect

固有名詞

The hypothesized phenomenon that the future life expectancy of certain nonperishable things (such as a technology or an idea) is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.

日本語の意味

（仮説）技術やアイデアなど、時間が経過するほど将来の存続期間が延びるという現象。つまり、ある対象がこれまで存続してきた期間に比例して、その後も長く存続する可能性が高まるという考え方。

Writers often consult the Lindy effect when deciding whether to invest time in reviving an old literary form.

作家たちは、古い文学形式を復活させるために時間を投資するかどうか判断するとき、技術や考えなどの消耗しないものの将来の余命が現在の年数に比例するという仮説をしばしば参照する。

意味（1）

The hypothesized phenomenon that the future life expectancy of certain nonperishable things (such as a technology or an idea) is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.

Let me warn the reader: while the Lindy effect is one of the most useful, robust, and universal heuristics I know, Lindy's cheesecake is… much less distinguished. Odds are the deli will not survive, by the Lindy effect.

the Lindy effect （ canonical ）