Why Real-World Systems Follow Power Laws
Veritasium · Explainer · YouTube title: You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life Wrong
Why it's here
HN commenters recommend it for changing how they think about distributions and for showing how criticality shows up across earthquakes, wildfires and other fields.
What it covers
Veritasium explains why many real-world systems follow power laws rather than normal distributions. It covers self-organized criticality, with simulations of sandpiles, magnetism and forest fires.