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cclements on Sept 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: A 400-year story of progress – How America became ...

You're probably thinking of the "Great Filter"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter

freeflight on Sept 27, 2017 [–]

Wasn't that Great Filter even tho it might qualify as a Great Filter, I managed to find the paper [0], it's about applying the "Principle of Mediocrity".

[0] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journa...

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