Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The term "Lindy Effect" was let's say coined by Albert Goldman in the sixties but heavily popularized by Nassim Taleb through his "Incerto" books.
What is the "definition" or meaning of the Lindy Effect?
Think of it as aging in reverse, in other words the idea that if something has been around for an extended period of time, it's likely it will continue staying around.
As a side note, and as you might have suspected, the Lindy Effect refers exclusively to non-perishables nowadays, perishable things (such as... well, our lives) are not included in the equation. One might say the Lindy Effect refers to staying power and not be that far off from the true.
As explained in this video, perhaps the textbook Lindy Effect example is represented by precious metals in general and gold in particular, gold which has been perceived as valuable not for years or decades or even centuries but downright millennia.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, overly exuberant investors tend to be too quick to attribute the Lindy Effect to "hot" assets such as Bitcoin or asset classes such as cryptocurrencies. At the end of the day, as this video tries to explain, understanding the Lindy Effect is ultimately a matter of common sense.
The term "Lindy Effect" was let's say coined by Albert Goldman in the sixties but heavily popularized by Nassim Taleb through his "Incerto" books.
What is the "definition" or meaning of the Lindy Effect?
Think of it as aging in reverse, in other words the idea that if something has been around for an extended period of time, it's likely it will continue staying around.
As a side note, and as you might have suspected, the Lindy Effect refers exclusively to non-perishables nowadays, perishable things (such as... well, our lives) are not included in the equation. One might say the Lindy Effect refers to staying power and not be that far off from the true.
As explained in this video, perhaps the textbook Lindy Effect example is represented by precious metals in general and gold in particular, gold which has been perceived as valuable not for years or decades or even centuries but downright millennia.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, overly exuberant investors tend to be too quick to attribute the Lindy Effect to "hot" assets such as Bitcoin or asset classes such as cryptocurrencies. At the end of the day, as this video tries to explain, understanding the Lindy Effect is ultimately a matter of common sense.
