[Business]Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

摘要Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by:?Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. FowlerConnected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our LivesBy Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler?Publisher:?? Little, Brown and Company Number Of Pages:?? 352 Publication Date:?? 2009-09-28 ISBN-10 / ASIN:?? 0316036145 ISBN-13 / EAN:?? 9780316036146Product Description:Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide.In CONNECTED, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, CONNECTED overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives.???Summary: Junk Science, Naive "Reasoning" and BigotryRating: 1Whatever happened to formal logic study? Correlation is not causation, no matter how much bigotry backs it up. This guy claims "overeating" is tribal, yet FAT PEOPLE DO NOT EAT DIFFERENTLY THAN THINNER PEOPLE. Fat people tend to group together for the same reasons Blacks and the Disabled group together -- BIGOTRY. This book is like a bad message board -- the discussion is only there in reaction to unchallenged assumptions and preconceptions. No science in sight. Give this one a miss.?Summary: Bridget's ReviewRating: 5People that you don't even know can make an impact on your life. Sometimes it's a good thing but it can also be toxic. If you are interested in finding out how the slightest thing that someone else does can change you, I suggest you read this book.?Summary: Great Book!Rating: 5A quick read that really makes you think about the history and future of human society.?Summary: A true masterpieceRating: 5There are plenty of good books out there. Books that are fun to read and that actually provide useful information. However, it is not very often that one comes across a true reference-book, a book that will change the way you think about various issues; a book that you will refer to in hundreds of conversations. Connected is one such book. Using not only a different perspective (a network perspective), but also robust, quantitative data from the real world, Christakis and Fowler will change the way you think about smoking, obesity, flirting, epidemics, suicide, happiness, politics, and, well, everything else that has to do with human behaviour.Have you ever thought that your wife's sister's husband has an effect on how happy you are? Or that your friend's boyfriend's nephew, whom you have never met, can make you gain weight? If you haven't, then you should read this book and find out why social networks have a profound influence on everything we do. Psychologists, philosophers, anthropologists, and social scientists have long debated over the priority of nature or nurture. Many stress the role of the individual, while others argue for the importance of culture. Christakis and Fowler very convincingly argue that both these perspectives can be complemented by a third, overarching perspective, a network perspective. We are social animals, and social networks are part of who we are, part of our genetic heritage.Christakis and Fowler have written THE book on the subject. Connected is a true masterpiece, not only for social scientists, but for everyone.?Summary: Our Interpersonal Relations are More Important Than We ThinkRating: 5Most people hold their family and friends important to their lives - that's a given. And many have played the Six Degrees of Separation (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon) game. But how important those social networks has not been as well understood. Christakis and Fowler show us that it really is who we know and how we know them that is more important than we ever understood in our lives. Through our friends, and their friends and acquaintances, we amass a rather large collection of people who can have very strong effect on our lives - including influencing our body weight and lifestyle. With the Internet now our circle of who we know continues to grow, though the authors show that effectively that number is capped in the 150 range. Some of what is talked about is almost "well, duh" to the reader, but they have brought together an extensive collection of studies that bear out again and again how our social networks shape us, even showing that our networking personalities and position (central vs. peripheral) even comes from our genes). Often what is taken for granted in terms of who we know and socialize with may be more deliberate and specific than we ever give credit for. Probably one of the most eye opening books this year .. gaFOm9y.e  
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good paper,thanks

好，就是下不了