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Disconnection is the new counterculture. |
✖ Via Rough Type: “Exodus” by Nicholas Carr, April 8th, 2010 Aside from being an obvious overstatement, and from ignoring what happened to the counterculture of the late 60s and early 70s (it has been recycled by the mainstream culture) it’s funny to see this idea blogged and reblogged about. Let’s not forget, in the enthusiasm one can have to find or to point a way out, that connectivity is not only about the Internet, that one cannot be “disconnected” simply by turning off a computer or a TV. Nicholas Carr made this comment regarding James Sturms’ decision to stop using his computer and quit the web. James Sturms is a cartoonist : he tells the whole story over at Slate magazine. About Nicholas Carr: “Nicholas Carr writes on the social, economic, and business implications of technology. He is the author of the 2008 Wall Street Journal bestseller The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, which is “widely considered to be the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement,” according the Christian Science Monitor.” (more) |
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The importance of hubs may have been overstated, say Kitsak and pals. “In contrast to common belief, the most influential spreaders in a social network do not correspond to the best connected people or to the most central people,” they say.
At first glance this seems somewhat counterintuitive but on reflection it makes perfect sense. Kitsak and co point out that there are various sceanrios in which well connected hubs have little influence over the spread of infromation. “For example, if a hub exists at the end of a branch at the periphery of a network, it will have a minimal impact in the spreading process through the core of the network.”
By contrast, “a less connected person who is strategically placed in the core of the network will have a significant effect that leads to dissemination through a large fraction of the population.” |
✖ Via Technology Review: “Best Connected Individuals Are Not the Most Influential Spreaders in Social Networks”, Feb. 02, 2010 Read the original study conducted by Maksim Kitsak, Lazaros K. Gallos, Shlomo Havlin, Fredrik Liljeros, Lev Muchnik, H. Eugene Stanley and Hernan A. Makse : “Identifying influential spreaders in complex networks” (submited to Physics and Society on Jann 28, 2010). |
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