Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science by Alex Pentland

Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science Alex Pentland ebook
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Page: 320
ISBN: 9781594205651
Format: pdf

Apr 5, 2014 - He has been active in the science advocacy community for 5 years and is currently the chair of the board at Bad Science Watch, a non-profit group promoting good science in public policy. Oct 2, 2013 - Is the platform itself a science communication tool? Synopsis: Based on his forthcoming book “Riveted,” Jim Davies presents a new explanation of why people can find bad ideas compelling. Jul 28, 2013 - This article which has just appeared in Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725190044.htm) provides a good idea of the dimensions of the task before us. For social aggression (gossip, exclusion, rumour spreading, etc.) among youth and young adults. Dec 11, 2013 - It was an unscripted moment: beginning a talk Monday night at the Photonics Center, Alexis Ohanian, founder of the popular news and discussion site Reddit, asked his student listeners if any had ideas for a tech start-up, Now at age 30 a tech elder statesman, he was at BU to pitch his advice (and his new book, on the internet's potential for good, Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed,). Mar 7, 2014 - I was in the airport (a fairly common hang out for me) waiting for a plane and I picked up a copy of the new book by Alex “Sandy” Pentland called “Social Physics”. By Patrick Tucker, and Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread — The Lessons From a New Science by Alex Pentland. Frequently, these changes in trends are triggered by a few innovators who rapidly impose their ideas through “viral” influence spreading, producing cascades of followers and fragmenting an old network to create a new one. To answer these questions, and many more, I talked to Allison Mercer, the Georgia Tech physicist who came up with the idea for GT Starter in the first place. Feb 12, 2014 - New book: Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science. Scientists use physical modeling and empirical validation to trace how networks shrink and grow depending on the actions of both random nodes and well-connected nodes. Mar 4, 2009 - Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science by Alex Pentland (Author) our coordination in social groups. Social physics is about idea flow, the way human social networks spread ideas and. At two new books, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?