We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know.
(Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 18:14)
Conclusion: “If we realized how valuable social networks are, we’d spend a lot more time nourishing them and sustaining them… what I think the world needs now is more connections.”
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