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Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter | Alex Pentland
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From one of the world�s leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding (…more)
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[Adam] Smith, though, lived in an era where almost all the bourgeois residents in a city knew each other and were constrained by social pressure to be good citizens. Without the obligations provided by strong social ties, capitalism often turns rapacious and politics turn poisonous. In our new hyper-connected world, most ties are weak, and all too often the invisible hand no longer functions.

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