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Nicholas A. Christakis
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May 07, 1962
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“If we are connected to everyone else by six degrees and we can influence them up to three degrees, then one way to think about ourselves is that each of us can reach about halfway to everyone else on the planet.”
― Connected: 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
“We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend gained weight, you gained weight. We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend stopped smoking, you stopped smoking. And we discovered that if your friend's friend's friend became happy, you became happy.”
― Connected: 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
“At the core of all societies, I will show, is the social suite: (1) The capacity to have and recognize individual identity (2) Love for partners and offspring (3) Friendship (4) Social networks (5) Cooperation (6) Preference for one¡¯s own group (that is, ¡°in-group bias¡±) (7) Mild hierarchy (that is, relative egalitarianism) (8) Social learning and teaching”
― Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
― Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
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