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Will Cain Country

The Lindy Man: Traditionalism vs. Consumerism

Will Cain Country

FOX News Podcasts

News, Sports News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Will sits down with Paul Skallas, aka the 'LindyMan' and the author of the Lindy Newsletter. Will and Paul discuss the "Lindy effect", which is the idea that the longer something has been around, the longer it is likely to last in the future. Plus, they dive into some other intricate subjects such as Refinement Culture and Stuck Culture and how they are major drivers of modern American society. Tell Will what you thought about this podcast by emailing WillCainPodcast@fox.com Follow Will on Twitter: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:12.0

Wisdom Versus Knowledge, Tradition Versus Consumers

0:16.0

An absolutely fascinating conversation with Lindy Man.

0:20.0

It's the Will Came Podcast on Fox News, podcast what's up and welcome to Wednesday.

0:25.0

As always, I hope you will.

0:27.0

Leave me a comment, leave me a review.

0:30.0

Subscribe to the Will Came Podcast, wherever you get your audio entertainment.

0:34.0

Apple Spotify or at Fox News, podcast.

0:38.0

You remember some time ago, in an episode of the Will Came Podcast, we talked about refinement culture.

0:44.0

Refinement culture was the idea that over time, everything becomes monotonously the same.

0:51.0

From sports to architecture, no diversity.

0:56.0

The proponent of that theory refinement culture is a man who goes by the handle Lindy Man.

1:04.0

His name is Paul Scalis.

1:07.0

Paul is someone who has forwarded the idea of the Lindy effect.

1:11.0

The Lindy effect is in essence that you can give value or you can make a prediction about the staying power of something based upon how long it's been around.

1:22.0

If something's been around for five years, you can expect it to last another five years.

1:26.0

If something's been around for 500 years, you can expect it to last another 500 years.

1:31.0

It's sort of giving you the value of tradition and wisdom.

1:37.0

I find this imminently fascinating.

1:41.0

Paul can be found on Twitter, by the way, at P-A-U-L-S-K-A-L-L-L-A-S.

1:50.0

You can also subscribe to his newsletter, which I recommend, at Lindynewsletter.bi.com.

1:57.0

That's L-I-N-D-Y newsletter dot B-E-E-H-I-I-V dot com.

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