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		dxbydt on Aug 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re ... >5) The Thiel hypothesis: Recent technological developments are intrinsically more boring than past technological developments; Shouldn't that be the Cuban hypothesis ? Cuban in 2006 http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-... Cuban in 2007 http://blogmaverick.com/2007/08/27/the-internet-is-still-dea... Cuban in 2008 http://blogmaverick.com/2008/02/10/the-internet-is-officiall... Thiel said it in 2011 ( or late 2010) if I'm not mistaken.

gwern on Aug 17, 2011 [–]

> Shouldn't that be the Cuban hypothesis ?

Stigler's law demands we call it the Thiel hypothesis.

(Stigler, of course, did not invent/discover it: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Stigler%27s_l... )

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