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*[https://www.ted.com/speakers/nicholas_christakis? Ted Talks about Networks] | *[https://www.ted.com/speakers/nicholas_christakis? Ted Talks about Networks] | ||
**[https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks] | |||
**[https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_how_social_networks_predict_epidemics how_social_networks_predict_epidemics] | **[https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_how_social_networks_predict_epidemics how_social_networks_predict_epidemics] | ||
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Revision as of 02:28, 4 March 2019
Nicholas Christakis explores how the large-scale, face-to-face social networks in which we are embedded affect our lives, and what we can do to take advantage of this fact.
- Nicholas Christakis' work examines the biological, psychological, sociological, and mathematical rules that govern how we form these social networks, and the rules that govern how they shape our lives. His work shows how phenomena as diverse as obesity, smoking, emotions, ideas, germs, and altruism can spread through our social ties, and how genes can partially underlie our creation of social ties to begin with. His work also sheds light on how we might take advantage of an understanding of social networks to make the world a better place.