The Lindy Effect

For non-perishables - ideas, institutions, business models - expected remaining life grows with age, because each year survived is evidence of robustness. Investors use it as a base rate for durability: a franchise that has repelled competitors for fifty years earns a longer forecast than one that has managed five. The burden of proof sits with whoever says this time is different.

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