Final paragraph of an insightful book review
As described by the authors, network science has potential to be used for good. But then again, if all the strutting and fretting that we believe to be the product of our individual free will is really only the antlike scurrying of a collection of nodes, can anyone really be said to “use” the network? Or is the network always using us?
Book Review - 'Connected,' by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler - Review - NYTimes.com
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