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Between covid, an attempted insurrection, proxy war with Russia and now this potential financial crisis, there's a new black swan event happening every ~12 mont
by MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
Between covid, an attempted insurrection, proxy war with Russia and now this potential financial crisis, there's a new black swan event happening every ~12 months.
- jacquesm 4y agoHow many black swans make a flock? At this rate the unpredictable and rare events are becoming frequent enough to lose that status.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoThe analogy kind of breaks down because black swans all look the same so I'll propose switching to snowflake events. Each one is beautiful and unique and we're starting to head into a flurry of them.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 4y agoThe H5N1 scare was around 2006, Russo-Georgian war in 2008, and the financial crisis in 2008. SARS 2002, Afghanistan 2001, Dot-com crash 2000. AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for men 1991, Gulf War 1990, Collapse of USSR 1991, early 1990s recession. AIDS 1981, Soviet Afghan war 1979, early 1980s recession