Card playing may collapse faster than a linear trend predicts

Evidence

For precisely the same reason that populations of endangered species often implode, so too card playing seems likely to become extinct even more rapidly than a straight-line projection would suggest. The number of card players is rapidly falling below a self-sustaining level. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 340

Categorization

• BMF: The self-reinforcing collapse dynamic — a practice can only survive if enough people in your circle share it — evokes the same tipping/threshold logic in D-503’s One State where conformity pressure works in reverse, but more directly recalls the runaway spiral of social commitment in We.
• XREF: Threshold/tipping-point dynamics matching Granovetter-style collective behavior models studied earlier. — connects to: Compressed decision time makes financial markets prone to cascading collapse — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1938; Losing a fixed percentage each period produces exponential decay. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 946

Broader Connections

• Compressed decision time makes financial markets prone to cascading collapse #epitomizes (0.80) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1938
• Losing a fixed percentage each period produces exponential decay. #qualifies (0.72) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 946