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pjscott on Dec 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Taleb: The future will not be cool

What would it mean for a 79th percentile person in 2012 to have a better life than a 109th percentile person in 1950? Percentiles don't actually go that high.

philwelch on Dec 2, 2012 | [–]

Yes, of course it tops out. Apologies for the lack of rigor.

xiaoma on Dec 2, 2012 | [–]

Yes. Something proportional like 100-(100-x)/2 would make a more reasonable estimate. I don't think that's the point, though.

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