Paul Skallas | |
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Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Other names | LindyMan |
Paul Skallas, also known by his Twitter handle LindyMan, is an American technology lawyer and writer with a keen interest in ancient Mediterranean practices and lifestyles. [1] [2] [3] [4] Skallas is an advocate for a lifestyle based on the Lindy effect and writes about health, diet, relationships, social sciences, technology, culture, exercise, and other topics through the lens of the phenomenon. [1] [2] [5]
A technology lawyer named Paul Skallas argues we should be gleaning more wisdom from antiquity.
When about to do something, anything, even using mouthwash, would it be best to first ask, is this Lindy?
All you need to know about Paul Skallas, aka @LindyMan, is that he's one of the last Twitter artists. If @dril jumpstarted the form in September 2008, @LindyMan is one of few originals left on the site.
Take Paul Skallas, the antiquity-loving "Lindy Man," a blogger and tweeter who has built his brand around Taleb's concept of the Lindy effect (put simply, the older something is, the more likely it is to endure). Skallas dispenses health and lifestyle advice under the Lindy aegis, aiming his content at members of the "4HL" — the "four-hour life," the amount of time Skallas estimates is left over daily for most people with office jobs.