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THE WISDOM AND/OR MADNESS OF CROWDS
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by Nicky Case | apr 2018
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MY "WHY" FOR MAKING THIS:
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+ to build a foundation for further curiosity about networks, group dynamics
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+ to practice teaching with problem-solving, a pre-req for skills
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+ to instill transcendent sense of "fundamentally people", of Humanity's Brain <3
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Sir Isaac Newton was pretty sure he was a smart cookie.
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I mean, after inventing calculus and a theory of gravity,
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he should be clever enough to do some financial investing, right?
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Anyway,
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long story short, he lost $4,600,000 (in today's dollars)
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in the nationwide speculation frenzy known as the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
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<i>“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”</i>
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Of course, that's not the only time markets, institutions, or entire democracies went crazy:
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the <i>madness</i> of crowds.
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And yet, just when you lose hope in humanity,
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you see citizens rescuing each other in hurricanes,
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communities creating solutions to problems,
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movements of ordinary people fighting for a better world:
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the <i>wisdom</i> of crowds!
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<b>But <i>why</i> do some crowds turn to madness, or wisdom?</b>
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And how can we, collectively, get more of the latter?
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According to the new field of <b>network science</b>,
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the answer is not in the <i>individual people</i>, but in...
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Each connection represents a friendship between two people:
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feel free to keep playing around, and draw whatever friendship network you want!
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But people don't just have social connections to make pretty pictures.
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However, networks can <i>fool</i> people.
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Just like how you see the earth as flat because you're on it,
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“virtually all [college] students reported that their friends drank more than they did.”
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It's time to...
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<next>FOOL EVERYONE →</next>
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<b style="font-size:2em">PUZZLE TIME!</b>
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Fool <i>everyone</i> into thinking
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the majority of their friends are binge-drinkers <icon yellow></icon>
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Congrats! You manipulated a group of students into believing
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in the prevalance of an incredibly unhealthy social norm! Good going!
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<next wiggle>...uh. thanks?</next>
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What you just created is called The Majority Illusion<ref id="majority"></ref>,
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which also explains why people think their political views are consensus,
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or why extremism seems more common than it actually is.
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<i>Madness.</i>
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But ideas/behaviors aren't just passively observed, they actively <i>spread</i>.
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So now, let's look at something network scientists call...
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<next>“Contagions!” →</next>
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Below, we start with one person <icon red></icon> who has some information.
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Note: despite the negative name, "contagions" can be good or bad.
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There's strong statistical evidence<ref id="contagion"></ref> that
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smoking, happiness, obesity, voting patterns, and cooperation levels
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are all "contagious" --
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and even some evidence that suicides<ref id="suicides"></ref> and mass shootings<ref id="shootings"></ref> are, too.
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<next wiggle>well that's depressing →</next>
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Indeed it is.
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Anyway, <b>PUZZLE TIME!</b>
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Draw a network & run the simulation,
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so that <i>everyone</i> gets infected with the "contagion".
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(new rule: you can't cut the <i>thick</i> connections)
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<next wiggle>fan-flipping-tastic →</next>
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This madness-spreading is called an <b>"information cascade"</b>.
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Mr. Newton fell for such a cascade in 1720.
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The world's financial institutions fell for such a cascade in 2008.<ref id="subprime"></ref>
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But so what? You already knew ideas spread.
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However, some contagions act a bit more strangely... and they're called:
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<next wiggle>“<i>Complex</i> Contagions!” →</next>
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Truth may be stranger than fiction, but it doesn't sell as well.
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<b>Simple contagions</b>, like juicy rumors or hot takes,
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only need one "infected" friend to spread.
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That doesn't mean the contagion <i>will</i> spread,
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just that one exposure <i>can</i> be enough to spread.
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This, by the way, is how <i>biological</i> contagions (like bacteria & viruses) work.
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<b>Complex contagions</b> are weirder.
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Some things -- like norms, habits and hard-to-accept ideas --
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need more social encouragement.
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They need not a minimum <i>number</i> of friends to spread,
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but a minimum <i>percentage</i> of friends to spread!<ref id="complex"></ref>
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<b>On the right, a person needs <i>AT LEAST 25%</i> of their friends to
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adopt a complex fact <icon blue></icon> before they do.
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Try "infecting" them all with <i>wisdom!</i> →</b>
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<b>CAUTION:</b>
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just because an idea/behavior is "complex" doesn't mean it's good,
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(e.g. conspiracy theories)
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and just because it's "simple" doesn't mean it's bad!
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(e.g. cute cat videos)
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Think of it this way:
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simple contagions are weeds, complex contagions are trees,
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Sometimes weeds are good, sometimes trees are bad.
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something's very wrong.
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So, how <i>do</i> we make sure our social ecosystem is healthy?
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To figure this out, let's first revisit...
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<next wiggle>...the cascade puzzle!</next>
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You did this before, but now, with a <i>complex</i> contagion <icon blue></icon>, it'll be tougher...
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<b>Try to "infect" everyone with complex wisdom! ↓</b>
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(feel free to just hit 'start' and <i>try</i> as many solutions as you want)
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<next wiggle>HOT DANG →</next>
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Now, you may think: so what, complex contagions <icon blue></icon> are just simple contagions <icon red></icon>
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that need more connections?
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Not so fast!
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The difference between "complex" and "simple" is a difference in <i>kind</i>, not degree.
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It's apples vs oranges, not apples vs more apples.
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This idea will be clearer if we revisit...
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<next wiggle>...yet another puzzle! →</next>
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Now, let's do the <i>opposite</i> of everything we've done before.
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If you hit "start" below now, the contagion will just spread to everyone.
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No surprise there.
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But now, here's your challenge:
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<b>draw a network to <i>prevent</i> the contagion from spreading to everyone! ↓</b>
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And <i>that's</i> the important difference between "simple" and "complex" contagion.
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While more connections always helps spread <i>simple</i> ideas,
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more connections can <i>hurt</i> the spread of <i>complex</i> ideas!
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(makes you wonder 'bout the internet, hm)
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And this isn't just a theoretical problem. This can be a matter of life...
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<next wiggle>...or death. →</next>
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The people at NASA were smart cookies.
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I mean, they'd used Newton's theories to get us to the moon.
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Anyway, long story short, in 1986,
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<i>despite warnings from the engineers</i>,
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they launched the <i>Challenger</i>,
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which blew up and killed 7 people.
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The immediate cause:
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it was too cold that morning.
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The less immediate cause: the managers ignored the engineers' warnings.
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Why? Because of <b>groupthink</b><ref id="groupthink"></ref>.
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When a group is <i>too</i> closely knit, (as they tend to be at the top of institutions)
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they become resistant to hard-to-accept information
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that challenges one's beliefs or ego.
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So, that's how to get crowd madness.
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But how can we "design" for crowd <i>wisdom?</i>
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In short, two words:
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<next>Bonding & Bridging →</next>
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← Too few connections, and an idea can't spread.
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<br>
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Too many connections, and you get groupthink. →
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<b>
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Find the sweet spot, and draw a group that's <i>just</i> connected enough
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to spread a complex idea! ↓
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</b>
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This is called <b>bonding social capital</b><ref id="social_capital"></ref>,
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the strength of the connections <i>within</i> a single group.
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But what about the connections...
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<next wiggle>...<i>between</i> groups?</next>
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As you might have guessed, <b>bridging social capital</b>
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is the strength of the connections <i>between</i> groups.
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This is important, because it helps groups break out of their insular echo chambers!
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<br>
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<b>Try to "infect" everyone with wisdom:</b>
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Like bonding, bridging social capital has a sweet spot.<ref id="bridge"></ref>
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(extra challenge: try drawing a bridge so thick that the complex contagion
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<i>can't</i> pass through it!)
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Now that we know how to "design" connections <i>within</i> and <i>between</i> groups, let's...
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<next wiggle>...do BOTH. →</next>
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<b style="font-size:2em">FINAL PUZZLE!</b>
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<br>
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Draw connections within groups (bonding) and between groups (bridging)
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to spread wisdom to everyone:
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You just drew a very special kind of network!
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Networks with high bonding and bridging
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are profoundly important, and they're called...
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<next wiggle>“Small World Networks” →</next>
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<i>"Unity without uniformity". "Diversity without division". "E Pluribus Unum: out of many, one".</i>
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<br>
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No matter how it's phrased,
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people -- across times and cultures -- have often arrived at the same piece of wisdom:
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<b>
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a healthy society needs both tight bonds <i>within</i> groups
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and thick bridges <i>between</i> groups.
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</b>
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</words>
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<words id="bb_small_world_2">
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That is, not this...
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<br>
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(because ideas can't spread)
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</words>
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<words id="bb_small_world_3">
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nor this...
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<br>
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(because you'll get groupthink)
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</words>
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<words id="bb_small_world_4">
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...but <i>THIS:</i>
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<words id="bb_small_world_5">
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Network scientists now have a mathematical definition for this ancient wisdom:
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the <b>small world network</b><ref id="small_world"></ref>. This optimal mix of bonding+bridging describes how
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our neurons interact<ref id="swn_neurons"></ref>,
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gives rise to collective creativity<ref id="swn_creativity"></ref>
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and problem-solving<ref id="swn_social_physics"></ref>,
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and, at one point, has even helped us (barely) avoid full-out nuclear war!<ref id="swn_jfk"></ref>
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So, yeah, small worlds are a big deal.
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</words>
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<words id="bb_small_world_end">
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And finally, if you'd like to make a whole network from scratch, let's check out...
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<next>The Sandbox Mode →</next>
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</words>
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<!-- Sandbox -->
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<words id="sandbox_caption">
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<b>NOTE: "Sandbox Mode" is totally optional!</b>
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Feel free to skip it, or play around.<ref id="sandbox"></ref>
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Whenever you're done, let's recap...
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_next">
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<next>what we learnt today!</next>
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_contagion">
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Contagion:
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_contagion_simple">
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simple
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_contagion_complex">
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complex
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_color_chooser">
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The Contagion's Color:
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_chooser">
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Select a tool...
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_pencil">
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Draw Network
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_add">
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Add Person
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_add_infected">
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Add "Infected"
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_move">
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Drag Person
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_delete">
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Delete Person
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_tool_clear">
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<b>CLEAR IT ALL</b>
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</words>
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<words id="sandbox_shortcuts_label">
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(...or, use keyboard shortcuts!)
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</words>
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[1]: Add Person [2]: Add "Infected"
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<br>
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[Space]: Drag [Backspace]: Delete
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<!-- Conclusion -->
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<div style="font-size: 30px;">
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IN CONCLUSION: it's all about...
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</div>
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font-size: 88px;
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line-height: 100px;
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">
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Contagions & Connections
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</div>
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">
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<b>Contagions:</b>
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Like how neurons pass signals in a brain,
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people pass beliefs & behaviors in a society.
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Not only do we influence our friends,
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we also influence our friends' friends, and even our friends' friends' friends!<ref id="three_degrees"></ref>
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(“be the change you wanna see in the world” etc etc)
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But, like neurons, it's not just signals that matter, it's also...
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">
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<b>Connections:</b>
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Too few connections and complex ideas can't spread.
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Too <i>many</i> connections and complex ideas get crushed by groupthink.
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The trick is to build a small world network, the optimal mix of
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bonding and bridging: <i>e pluribus unum.</i>
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<bon id="limits"></bon>
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">
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so, what about our question from the very beginning?
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why <i>do</i> some crowds turn to...
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<next>...wisdom and/or madness?</next>
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</div>
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<words id="conclusion_2">
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<div class="circle" style="font-size:22px; line-height:1.3em;"><span>
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That <i>does NOT</i> mean abandoning personal responsibility,
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spend time understanding complex ideas.
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but also build bridges across cultural/political divides.
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We can weave a wise web.
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Sure, it's harder than drawing lines on a screen...
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<next>...but so, so worth it.</next>
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not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad,
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but by people being fundamentally people.”
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<span style="position:relative; top:5px">~</span> Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
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<reference id="drunk">
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<h3>
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“a 1991 study showed that virtually all [college] students reported that their friends drank more than they did.”
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</h3>
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<div>
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[link]
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“The Majority Illusion”
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<div>
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[link]
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[also, interactive NYT version]
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“strong statistical evidence that
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smoking, happiness, obesity, voting patterns, and cooperation levels
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are all contagious”
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</h3>
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<div>
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[Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, again]
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“some evidence that suicides are [contagious], too”
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[link]
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<reference id="shootings">
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“some evidence that mass shootings are [contagious], too”
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[link - also Don't Say Their Names]
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<reference id="subprime">
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<h3>
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“The world's financial institutions fell for such a cascade in 2008.”
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</h3>
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<div>
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[link to Cass Sunstein's Lemmings of Wall Street right after the prices plunged - not technical]
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<!-- https://newrepublic.com/article/63023/wall-streets-lemmings -->
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<reference id="complex">
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“Complex contagions are weirder.”
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<div>
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[link to empirical proof of twitter complex contagion]
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[also, Granovetter's Threshold model]
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[and Dodds & Watt's Universal Contagion]
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[not to mention contrarians]
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“groupthink”
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[link to Granovetter's Strength of Weak Ties]
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[and response for complex contagion, the Weakness of Long Ties!]
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[link to Strogatz and Watts]
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[link plz]
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<reference id="swn_creativity">
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“[small world networks] give rise to collective creativity”
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“[small world networks] give rise to collective problem-solving”
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<div>
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[link to Social Physics book]
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“[small world networks] helped us (barely) avoid nuclear war!”
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[JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis, his small-world team undid his earlier screw-up
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with the Bay of Pigs,
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“Sandbox Mode”
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pst... wanna hear a secret? those keyboard shortcuts (1,2,space,delete)
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can edit not just the simulation in sandbox mode, but <i>all</i> the simulations
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in this explorable explanation! seriously, you can go back to a different chapter,
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and edit the simulation right there.
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in fact, that's how <i>I</i> created all these puzzles!
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“we influence [...] our friends' friends' friends!”
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[link to Connected by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler]
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yes, including all the ideas in <i>this</i> explorable explanation.
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