By Ben Shabad, full-time graduate student and part-time cartoon-drawing person.
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In the 1950s, almost half of all employed people were either in farming or manufacturing. As you can imagine, work changed a bit over the years.
Difficulties increase steadily over the years, but if we’re lucky enough to reach our 80s, there appears to be a steeper drop.
Imagine that you try to do something and there’s a 20% chance of success. If you try to do the thing six times, what is the probability that you succeed at least once?