The Long Tail Collides Head First Into the Power Law Curve

The power law curve, otherwise known as zislaw, points out that the ones all the way to the left, the hits. The long tail collides head first into the power law curve. If you release a song on itunes or spotify, if you write a book on the kindle, almost no one is going to read it. There's an enforced short head, just two movies a week. And so we have a choice to make as we create on line learning, as we create more and more long tales. Or will we devote huge amount of our time and energy into hoping for the magnification of small differences? One last thought: For years and years, goul