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  • The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

    Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives [Hardcover] Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, amazon.com Har­vard pro­fes­sor and health care pol­i­cy spe­cial­ist Chris­takis (Death Fore­told: Prophe­cy and Prog­no­sis in Med­ical Care) became inter­est­ed in social con­nec­tiv­i­ty when observ­ing that the mor­tal­i­ty rate of spous­es spike after … http://flpbd.it/0isRt Related articles Gastrophysics: Some…

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  • Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, research shows | Northeastern University News

    via www.northeastern.edu Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, a group of leading Northeastern University network scientists recently found. Distinguished Professor of Physics Albert-László Barabási and his team studied the mobility patterns of anonymous cell-phone users and concluded that, despite the common perception that our actions are random and unpredictable, human mobility follows surprisingly regular patterns. The…

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