Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science by Alex Pentland

Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread--The Lessons from a New Science



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By Patrick Tucker, and Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread — The Lessons From a New Science by Alex Pentland. Apr 24, 2014 - Reality mining is an advanced branch of data mining and is central to the book “Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread—The Lessons from a New Science“ that Carr reviews and draws from in his article. Videos are now available from the YOW! Likewise, talking nonsense about ice-cores @ Cambridge with Eric Wolff in the audience was likely not a good idea either. This week Morning Feature considers MIT professor Alex Pentland's new book Social Physics: How Ideas Spread – The Lessons from a New Science. Mar 9, 2014 - There is a chance, however small, that they may be right, but science doesn't work through guesswork, it works by considering all the evidence and weighing that evidence accordingly. Apr 3, 2014 - Social Physics, Part I: Exploration, Engagement, and Idea Flow. Jan 22, 2014 - But if a provocative new theory is correct, luck may have little to do with it. At two new books, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? Dec 16, 2013 - Here's a novel idea that could flip high-school science education on its head: Instead of teaching biology as the first course for high-school freshmen, start instead with physics. For instance, there is not enough time in your life to learn how an aircraft carrier works, let along all that 'brand new' science for the electronics. For more on the amazing ways human social networks improve problem solving take a look at Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science. May 4, 2014 - I am part way through Social Physics: how good ideas spread - the lessons from a new science by MIT academic and entrepreneur Alex Pentland. Dec 16, 2013 - While disease models draw on ideas about epidemic spread that predate digital computers, and are scientifically well-grounded, climate models are much more complex and are a large, ramified work in progress.

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