# Idea Percolation models produce [[tipping point models|tipping points]]. Rain hits the ground—does it percolate to the soil? Explains rain percolation, forest fire, banking system failures, country failures, virality, information spread through networks, bursts of innovation. [[percolation explains why innovation occur in bursts]] yield curve ![[Pasted image 20210519100159.png]] [[non-linear models|non-linear function]] ![[Pasted image 20210519100222.png]] # References - https://www.coursera.org/learn/model-thinking/lecture/GiJJw/percolation-models