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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
The conflation being at the root of most of what you said is unfortunate: Pareto's law would indeed be a bad law, if it existed.
Yes, I think the world is full of situations where 80% of the payoff comes from 20% of the work.
I'd even be cheeky and say that the Pareto principle applies to about 80% of situations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
The conflation being at the root of most of what you said is unfortunate: Pareto's law would indeed be a bad law, if it existed.
Yes, I think the world is full of situations where 80% of the payoff comes from 20% of the work.
I'd even be cheeky and say that the Pareto principle applies to about 80% of situations.