Connected: How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do
Автор:
Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler, 368 стр., издатель:
"Back Bay Books", ISBN:
978-0-316-03613-9
These are among the startling findings disclosed in Connected. The internationally renowned scientists Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler reveal how our real-life social networks drive and shape virtually every aspect of our lives. How we feel, whether we fall ill, how much money we make, and whether we vote on Election Day all depend on what others around us - even those who are only distantly connected to us - are doing, thinking, and feeling. Our social networks underlie financial scams, eating disorders, substance abuse, and suicide clusters, but also innovation, altruism, and "random" acts of kindness. This fascinating and provocative book offers a revolutionary new paradigm - that, like schools of fish changing direction in unison, we are unconsciously led by the people around us. Connected will forever change the way we look at one another - and ourselves.