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- Unintended consequences.
Robert Greene • The Laws of Human Nature
In 2007 researchers Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler published a study that revealed that our attitudes and behaviors have more impact on the people around us than we’d ever previously thought.
Al Pittampalli • Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World
The field of behavioral economics has evolved as a marriage between psychology and economics that offers sophisticated insight into how humans really make decisions.
Charles Wheelan • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
A new pathogen has been introduced into our species, and in some form, it will now circulate among us forever.
Nicholas A. Christakis • Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
High-trust societies are filled with “weak ties,” or casual relationships with neighbors and co-workers.
Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
the social distance they spanned—what I call reach.
Damon Centola • Change
What we learn from this is that people will resort to violence if they can get away with it when it provides them with benefits.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
This necessarily creates a dynamic web of interdependencies over built space and time, mediated by socioeconomic exchanges.