Topic: selection pressure

21 chunks · 19 episodes

2.1x burst in 2024 Q3
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Peak quarter intensity across the topic's active span. Higher values mean attention was concentrated into a shorter stretch rather than spread evenly over time.

Topic summary

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A short read on the topic's time range, peak episode, and strongest associations. Use it as the quick orientation before drilling into examples.
  • selection pressure appears in 21 chunks across 19 episodes, from 2024-01-16 to 2026-07-20.
  • Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 5/13/24 (2024-05-13), with 2 observations on this topic.
  • Semantically it travels with emergent process, hill climbing, and surrounding context, while by chunk count it sits between mass market and intuition; its yearly rank moved from #40 in 2024 to #54 in 2026.

Over time

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Raw mentions over time. Use this to see absolute attention, not relative rank among all topics.
Mean 1.1 mentions per episode across the full range2024-01-16: 1 mention2024-05-13: 2 mentions2024-06-03: 1 mention2024-07-15: 1 mention2024-08-19: 1 mention2024-08-26: 1 mention2024-09-09: 1 mention2024-11-11: 1 mention2024-11-18: 1 mention2025-02-10: 2 mentions2025-08-04: 1 mention2025-08-25: 1 mention2025-09-29: 1 mention2026-02-09: 1 mention2026-02-23: 1 mention2026-03-02: 1 mention2026-05-04: 1 mention2026-06-01: 1 mention2026-07-20: 1 mention2024-01-16: 12024-05-13: 22024-06-03: 12024-07-15: 12024-08-19: 12024-08-26: 12024-09-09: 12024-11-11: 12024-11-18: 12025-02-10: 22025-08-04: 12025-08-25: 12025-09-29: 12026-02-09: 12026-02-23: 12026-03-02: 12026-05-04: 12026-06-01: 12026-07-20: 12024-01-162026-07-20

Observations

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The primary evidence view for this topic. Sort it chronologically when you want concrete examples behind the larger pattern.