Power Laws

Have you ever seen how a small change can sometimes have a huge impact on something else? A power law describes a relationship between variables where a small change in one variable causes a considerable change in the other. One variable varies as a power of the other. The power law distribution shows up in many places in life. Looking for power law relations around you can give you superpowers. Can you fix the specific bug or improve an algorithm that will bring a huge impact? The Pareto principle is an illustration of a “power law” relationship,