Serendipity/zemblanity has almost completely replaced optimism/pessimism in my mental models. Fairly easy swap-out, dramatic results.
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then there is Bahramdipity- suppression of serendipitous discoveries/research results by powerful individuals en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipi
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Yup, familiar with that. Not as fundamental though. S/Z is basic/elemental
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I was seeing Bahmramdipity as capitalist powers keeping their thumb on the scale to disrupt serendipity's power to find a way forward

