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by adamgordonbell 1650 days ago
Slate star codex has a very fun and nerdy explanation of fashion cycles.

    Let’s explain fashion using cellular automata. This isn’t going to be cringe-inducingly nerdy at all!


https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/
2 comments

I also thought of this; this explanation is like a more complicated and nuanced, but probably less empirically testable, version of the "CDS" mechanism proposed by the study's authors. I scrolled to the bottom half-expecting to see Scott get an acknowledgement.
Yep, this is an intuitive explanation for it.