#intolerance

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"It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who seem to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view."

Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter and author

(b. 24th May 1955)

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June 17, 2023.

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Friendly reminder that you're going to outlive all the stuffy old haters. Don't let 'em see ya sweat in the meantime bby 👏 WE can see you're freakin' COOL.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Minority Rule, or the concept of the "intolerant minority". That a small, intransigent group can impose its preferences on a flexible majority.

What are the conditions?

Asymmetry: The rule operates on a fundamental asymmetry: an "intolerant" person will only consume X while a "tolerant" person is willing to consume either X or Y.

Low Cost of Compliance: The majority must find it easier or cheaper to simply adopt the minority's preference than to maintain two separate systems.

The Tipping Point: A minority needs only to reach a small threshold—often cited by Taleb as roughly 3% to 4% of the population—to dictate the norm for the whole.

Taleb argues that this rule is how "virtue" and moral norms are often established—not through consensus, but through the stubbornness of a few. He warns that this can be dangerous if the minority is malevolent, stating that an intolerant minority can "destroy democracy" and that society may need to be "more intolerant with some intolerant minorities" to survive.