Time to revisit the concept of self-organizing criticality? Here's Ted G. Lewis, mathematician, computer scientist, and author of Bak's Sandpile and many other books. https://t.co/WJpKwEjK4n
1980 "Gold rush: Eager buyers line up at the Bank of Nova Scotia at King and Bay Sts. today as gold reached an unbelievable $740 (Canadian) an ounce on the London market. The line-up started around 9 a.m. At opening time; an hour later; the line was half a block long."