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Stephen Wolfram shares interesting Facebook data analysis finds from the Data Donor program of Wolfram|Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook. 
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James Glattfelder studies complexity: how an interconnected system -- say, a swarm of birds -- is more than the sum of its parts. And complexity theory, it turns out, can reveal a lot about how the economy works. Glattfelder shares a groundbreaking study of how control flows through the global economy, and how concentration of power in the hands of a shockingly small number leaves us all vulnerable. (Filmed at TEDxZurich.)
Christophe CESETTI's curator insight,
February 17, 2013 3:52 PM
more here about who control the world http://pear.ly/59Zn 
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February 18, 2013 7:38 AM
0,024% of TransNational Corporations (146 of them) control 40% of all TNC's value. "Too connected to fail"? The science of Complexity may help us understand how this emerging system works and where this leads us.
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In an analysis of the data of 300.000 players of an online game society, Michael Szell and Stefan Thurner found that women have more communication partners. They also reciprocate friendships, organize in clusters, take fewer risks than men and show a preference for stability in their networks. On the contrary, men try to talk most often with those who talk with many, reciprocate friendships with other males much less frequently, and respond quite quickly to female friendship initiatives. They also tend to have less cooperative links with other males, which indicates a more competitive approach.
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What we don’t see with Neandertals is long-distance exchanges with other groups. What we see with modern humans in the same area is different.
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Our brains are not as large as they are in order to provide each of us with the raw computational power to think our way out of a sticky situation, instead our brain size helps each of us to deal with the large and complex network of relationships we rely on to thrive.
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In the world of Facebook, users are either kings or lemmings. That's the conclusion of a new study, the largest to analyze how information spreads across social networks—and who does the spreading. More on SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks
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Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social relations are enhanced by a positive bias in human communication.
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It just never gets old...From Andy BorowitzIntroducing the Hot New Social Network, PhoneBook SILICON VALLEY (The Borowitz Report) – A new social network is about to alter the playing field of the social media world, and it’s called PhoneBook. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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May 24, 2012 6:13 AM
Glad you liked this post Petra. Interesting isn't it?
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Do you need to optimize your literature review, share or obtain information, dialogue with an instructor, or even reinforce your network of contacts? Whether researcher or student, MyScienceWork presents an overview of the new scientific social networks dedicated to your needs.
More on... SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks Via MyScienceWork
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The Brazilian fashion retailer C&A has created networked clothes hooks that display the total number of Facebook “Likes” for each garment in real time. Articles about CROWDSOURCING: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=crowdsourcing
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Does the conception of social relations promoted by social networking sites blind us to the reality of social class and conflict between classes? Articles about FACEBOOK: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=facebook
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Anyone who doubts that the Internet has the potential to bring people together should take a closer look at Neighborgoods, a service that helps users share goods with people living nearby. “NeighborGoods helps members live less wasteful and more connected lives."
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Two different organizations are focusing on the benefits and advantages of online media and technology to aid refugees and improve their lives.
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Political scientist James Fowler makes the connection between smiling profile pictures on Facebook and human evolution.
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Hypoglycemia may be a much larger problem among patients with diabetes than is currently realized, according to a study of members of a diabetes-focused social network conducted by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's Informatics Program.
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If You're So Free, Why Do You Follow Others? The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence.
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Sometimes a little over-sharing online can be a good thing, at least if it’s about your health.
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Share My Lesson already features more than 200.000 lessons in a variety of topics and for different grades. These lessons can come from publishers and other companies in education as well as individual educators. Teachers can follow interesting publishers, rate the lessons and communicate with each other. Sounds familiar to you? Better Lesson obviously thought the same and published a post on their company blog.
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ResearchGate may sound like a political scandal, but it’s not. It’s a way for thinkers and researchers around the world to connect, and its ability to put many minds on the same problem may drastically increase the speed of scientific discoveries. Via SustainOurEarth
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In this new RSA Animate, Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world. Taken from a lecture given by Manuel Lima as part of the RSA's free public events programme.
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Information spreads fast in social networks. This could be observed during recent events. Now computer scientists from the German Saarland University provide the mathematical proof for this and come up with a surprising explanation. SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks
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A new social network wants you to get to know your neighbors, with hopes of strengthening communities across the country. SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks
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Artist Jonathan Harris describes four trends that are reshaping culture in the digital age: Compression, Disposability, Curation, and Self-Promotion, and takes steps to counteract them.
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Nicholas Christakis, whose research has shown how everything from obesity to smoking to happiness spreads through social networks, said Monday that the human ability to form lasting relationships results from a trade-off between greater access to information provided by our networks and the increased exposure to disease that networks bring. Articles about SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks
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What can social networks on the internet know about persons who are friends of members, but have no user profile of their own? Articles about SOCIAL NETWORKS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=social%20networks
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We’re starting to be able to train a serious “computational telescope” on the “social universe”. And it’s letting us discover all sorts of phenomena. That have the potential to help us understand much more about society and about ourselves. And that, by the way, provide great examples of what can be achieved with data science, and with the technology I’ve been working on developing for so long.