# Toby Ord - The Lindy Effect (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Note Take some highlights and try this prompt again. Take some highlights and try this prompt again. ## Highlights - The *Lindy effect* is a statistical regularity where for many kinds of entity: the longer they have been around so far, the longer they are likely to last. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hahefhwx0d9shkn04ejan3ac)) ^596982896 Benoît Mandelbrot (1982, p. 342)