ideas
4 questions tagged ideas — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
What is a black swan event?
A black swan event is a rare, unpredictable occurrence with enormous impact that people tend to rationalise in hindsight, a concept popularised by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
What is a blue ocean strategy?
A blue ocean strategy is a business approach that creates uncontested market space by offering something so different that competition becomes irrelevant, rather than fighting in existing markets.
What is a Dyson sphere?
A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely surrounds a star to capture most or all of its energy output, proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960.
What is the Fermi Paradox?
The Fermi Paradox is the apparent contradiction between the high probability that extraterrestrial civilisations exist and the lack of any evidence or contact.