[tptacek]

Perhaps somebody else here listens to the Slate politics podcast, where John Dickerson this week spent 4 minutes describing this phenomenon.

[Houshalter]

There was a bunch of popular posts about it on reddit yesterday. I would bet that is probably the most direct source of this post. Perhaps the podcast inspired the original reddit posters.

[tptacek]

That's kind of even cooler, the idea that a 4 minute bit Dickerson did about tree growth patterns could spread so virulently.

[tedunangst]

https://twitter.com/RobGMacfarlane/status/895162795733524481 seems to be a popular source.

[unsupported]

Indirect source in my case: http://kottke.org/17/08/the-shyness-of-trees

[deerpig]

I heard it on the Gabfest before seeing it here as well.

[andirk]

or Slate politics podcast reads Hacker News via the future, steals their thunder

[raldi]

Apropos of what?

[tptacek]

Nothing? It's just interesting to think about.