Summary of Nicholas A. Christakis & James H. Fowler's Connected

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#1 The violence of these examples is perplexing. What does Anton’s brother and nephew and Kimmy’s friend have to do with anything. What explains their actions, taken one week or five years later.

#2 The person-to-person spread of violence is not a novelty, but rather an ancient phenomenon. It is not just that the impetus to revenge is ancient, but that violence can spread through social ties and has done so since humans emerged from the African savanna.

#3 The role that social connections can play in the spread of both good and bad deeds has prompted the creation of novel strategies to address social problems. For example, programs in several U. S. metropolitan areas involve teams of violence interrupters who attempt to stop the killing by breaking the cycle of transmission.

#4 Our connections affect every aspect of our lives. They are always there, exerting both subtle and dramatic influence over our choices, actions, thoughts, feelings, and even our desires.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505148

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Insights on Nicholas A. Christakis & James H. Fowler's Connected

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The violence of these examples is perplexing. What does Anton’s brother and nephew and Kimmy’s friend have to do with anything. What explains their actions, taken one week or five years later.

#2

The person-to-person spread of violence is not a novelty, but rather an ancient phenomenon. It is not just that the impetus to revenge is ancient, but that violence can spread through social ties and has done so since humans emerged from the African savanna.

#3

The role that social connections can play in the spread of both good and bad deeds has prompted the creation of novel strategies to address social problems. For example, programs in several U. S. metropolitan areas involve teams of violence interrupters who attempt to stop the killing by breaking the cycle of transmission.

#4

Our connections affect every aspect of our lives. They are always there, exerting both subtle and dramatic influence over our choices, actions, thoughts, feelings, and even our desires.

#5

A group is a collection of people with an attribute or a specific collection of individuals to whom we can point. A social network is a different thing altogether. It is a collection of people and a specific set of connections between those people.

#6

The bucket brigade that saves a house is a simple social network. It is linear and has no branches. Each person is connected to two other people, the one in front and the one behind. The optimal organization of one hundred people into a network depends on the task at hand.

#7

The telephone tree is a network structure that helps spread information to many people simultaneously. It is designed to spread information evenly among all group members, and the problem caused by one person not being home is limited.

#8

There are four types of networks: a group of one hundred people, a bucket brigade, a telephone tree, and a company of one hundred soldiers. In each case, the number of ties between the members of the group is equal to the number of people in the network.

#9

A social network is an organized set of people that consists of two types of elements: human beings and the connections between them. Social networks typically evolve organically from the natural tendency of each person to seek out and make friends, which in turn leads to the development of large or small families.

#10

The shape of a network is a fundamental and intrinsic property of the network. It is the pattern of connections that determines the shape. People tend to occupy particular spots in naturally occurring and continuously evolving social networks, and their existence provokes questions about how they arise, what rules they obey, and what purpose