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Nicholas A. Christakis

Nicholas A. Christakis

American Scientist

Born: May 7, 1962

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We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But if your acquaintances online say or do something, it does not. People on average have about 106 Facebook friends, but only 5 or 6 real friends. Nicholas A. Christakis

The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. It's to our advantage as individuals and a species to assemble ourselves in this fashion. Nicholas A. Christakis

Life Fashion Benefits Our Ourselves Costs Networks Advantage Individuals Outweigh Because Form Reason Connected Assemble Species

Whether we appreciate it or not, we live out our lives surrounded by an intricate pattern of social connections... We're all embedded in this network; it affects us profoundly and we may be unaware of its existence, of its effect on us. Nicholas A. Christakis

One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers. Nicholas A. Christakis

Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness. Nicholas A. Christakis

Happiness People Other Everyday Definitely Contagious Terms Interactions

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend. Nicholas A. Christakis

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It's important for students to take their studies seriously. Nicholas A. Christakis

Seriously Important Take Students Studies

It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it. Nicholas A. Christakis

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We're not just social animals in the conventional way that people think. It's not just a bunch of us who hang out together. We have a very specific pattern of ties, and they have a particular shape and structure that is encoded in our genes. It means that human beings have evolved to live their lives embedded in social networks. Nicholas A. Christakis

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It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread. Nicholas A. Christakis

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Just because we say networks are important doesn't mean that networks explain everything. We're just adding additional information. Networks don't work like a match - they work like a magnifying glass. Nicholas A. Christakis

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We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals. Nicholas A. Christakis

Humanity Our We Cannot Individuals Studying Understand Just Cannot

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