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it helps us create a society of “phony geniuses,” a society in which the capacities of individuals greatly surpass their individual knowledge.
Cesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
urban social networks have two interesting properties: they are modular and searchable.
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
Metcalfe’s law, where the value of a decentralized network is a by-product of the number of nodes and their connections within the network.
Marcus Collins • For the Culture
information emerges naturally in the steady states of physical systems that are out of equilibrium.
Cesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
The 2nd corollary to Metcalfe’s law: in the ideal network, any possible matches become inevitable. If a user calls in a post to have a cup of coffee and has 200 friends, the offer may fail. But with 5,000 friends and 20,000 followers, the cafeteria won’t fit all who want to chat.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
Matthew Hartman • Complexity in Social Networks
So what is the potential that out-of-equilibrium systems such as our bathtub whirlpool minimize?