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, society, exercise, and other topics, primarily through the lens of the phenomenon.[1][2][5] Whilst chiefly enjoyed sincerely by followers, Skallas as LindyMan has also been considered a sort of Internet meme and parodied for his pithy observations and deductions.
Paul Skallas | |
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Born | 1985 (age 38–39) |
Other names | LindyMan |
Published works
edit- "Life & The Lindy Effect" (Published on Nov 24, 2018)
- "Lindy Effect: Friendship" (Published on Oct 4, 2018)
- "Women and the Lindy Effect" (Published on Sep 1, 2019)
- "The Four-Hour Life Survival Guide: How Modern Employment is Ancient Slavery" (Published on Dec 24, 2019)
References
edit- ^ a b Marcus, Ezra (June 17, 2021). "The Lindy Way of Living". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
A technology lawyer named Paul Skallas argues we should be gleaning more wisdom from antiquity.
- ^ a b Marcus, Ezra (June 20, 2021). "What would the Ancients do? Everyday lessons from the distant past". The Independent. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
When about to do something, anything, even using mouthwash, would it be best to first ask, is this Lindy?
- ^ Smith, Nicky (May 18, 2022). "The Last Twitter Artist". Splice Today. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
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.
- ^ Chitkara, Hirsh (January 14, 2022). "Want to pitch a16z? Make sure it's Lindy". Protocol. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ Gray, Rosie (March 28, 2023). "Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the anti-confidence man". The Spectator. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
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.