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4: Timur Kuran - The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception

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The Cascade Effect Is Like Newton's Law

The cascade effect is really a refinement of the old story of the emperor's new clothes, where all it takes is one person. But then it's missing the mechanism. It's like newton's laws. There's no ability to transmit gravity. It's an instantaneous action at a distance. To my way of understanding your theory, for most people, is to understand a motif that is found throughout american cinema. And the motif has a name, i believe, inside the business, which is called the slow clap. Then you get the cascade.

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