According to UsingEnglish.com Similar to *ahead of the pack*, *ahead of the curve* literally refers to your position on the statistical bell curve, where the top of the curve represents the median, average result. By being ahead of the curve you represent the top percentile of results that either has the advanced skills or understanding that sets you apart.
and most of the other google hits refer to business forecasting usages. Visualizing the position on the bell curve, we could argue for a surfing origin, too. -- rec -- On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Patrick Reilly < [email protected]> wrote: > I think that being "ahead of the curve" was originally referring to the > desired state within the lift power curve describing the process of an > airplane in taking flight. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 11:43, "Jochen Fromm" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, I mean "ahead of the times" or "ahead of the curve". >> Where does this saying "ahead of the curve" come from? >> Baseball or NASCAR races? In German we have only >> "seiner Zeit voraus sein" which means "being ahead of >> the times". >> >> -J. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jochen Fromm" <[email protected]> >> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" < >> [email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Chatroullete >> >> >> Just seen this video: FRIAM is always ahead of the crowd.. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHrvpgA9XtI >>> -J. >>> >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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