Zipf’s law drives anyone who thinks too much about it into gibbering madness
Paul Krugman
In our conversation Krugman mentioned Zipf's Law & it's blowing my mind a little.
The most common word in a language is 2X as common as the second most, 3X as common as the third most.
The biggest city in a country is 2X as big as the second biggest, 3X as big as the third.
And so on. 🤯
