A Giant Around The Corner
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A GIANT AROUND THE CORNER
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Hi! My name is Ssaug
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I come from Planet Quetelet
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This is the symbol of Quetelet
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We are anchored to THE NORM
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Extremes are very rare
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We don’t have bestsellers
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Or suffer with stock market crashes
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I never saw a millionaire
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or a beggar…
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Here, no individual or event can make a difference
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When I’m bored with this bell-shaped way of life
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I go to Planet Mandelbrot
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This is the symbol of Mandelbrot
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At first, seems just like Quetelet
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but you can find a giant around the corner!
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At Mandelbrot, most things are like this
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but a few are like this
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Here, rare events are not so rare
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and they can dominate
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Now I’m visiting Earth
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You, humans, intrigue me
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You act as if you live in Quetelet
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but your world is much more like Mandelbrot
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True, there’s no giants around the corner
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Now, read this:
The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income.
The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.*
*2007 Human Development Report (HDR), United Nations Development Program, November 27, 2007, p.25.
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At the US book market, 20% of the authors account for 97% of the books sold.*
* Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2007). The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. New York: Random House..
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60,000 to 100,000 people of a population of 275,000 died at the Lisbon 1755 earthquake.*
* Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake
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50% of the Portuguese population concentrates in 14 of the country 141 cities.*
*Instituto Nacional de Estatística (2004). Atlas das Cidades de Portugal - Volume II.
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BE PREPARED TO A ASSYMMETRIC WORLD!
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MADE BY António Carloto
INSPIRED BY Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Albert-László Barabási and many others
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