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Nicholas A Christakis Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

We are, first of all, not solitary creatures and second of all, we are deeply embedded in the lives of others. It’s very easy to forget that and to engage in an atomistic fallacy - where we think that all we have to do is study the individual components of a system in order to understand the system Picture Quote #1

What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they’re so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve Picture Quote #1

I’m not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that monopoly power is bad for markets, that people are racially biased and that illness is unequally distributed by social class Picture Quote #1

My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don’t think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience Picture Quote #1

We will create life from inanimate compounds, and we will find life in space. But the life that should more immediately interest us lies between these extremes, in the middle range we all inhabit between our genes and our stars Picture Quote #1

The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective behavior. But to realize this promise, the social sciences, like the natural sciences, need to match their institutional structures to today’s intellectual challenges Picture Quote #1

People have just assumed that... if we call our Facebook acquaintances our friends, we must be influenced by them, too. But we’re not Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics Picture Quote #1

It’s fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it’s harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying Picture Quote #1

My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don’t think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they’re so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve Picture Quote #1

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What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions Picture Quote #1

We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals Picture Quote #1

Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) We are, first of all, not solitary creatures and second of all, we are deeply embedded in the lives of others. It’s very easy to forget that and to engage in an atomistic fallacy - where we think that all we have to do is study the individual components of a system in order to understand the system. (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions. (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they’re so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve. (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) I’m not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that monopoly power is bad for markets, that people are racially biased and that illness is unequally distributed by social class. (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don’t think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience. (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) We will create life from inanimate compounds, and we will find life in space. But the life that should more immediately interest us lies between these extremes, in the middle range we all inhabit between our genes and our stars (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective behavior. But to realize this promise, the social sciences, like the natural sciences, need to match their institutional structures to today’s intellectual challenges (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) People have just assumed that... if we call our Facebook acquaintances our friends, we must be influenced by them, too. But we’re not (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) 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 Quotes) It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) It’s fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it’s harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don’t think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) 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 Quotes) Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they’re so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes) Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness (Nicholas A Christakis Quotes)