Linked
by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Albert-László Barabási · first published 2002
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Readable, entertaining introduction to network science, showing how power laws and connected systems appear in everyday life; a good starting point for readers interested in graphs or social science.
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…I haven't had time to take a stab at it. But anyway, both articles contain some useful info. I also recommend these few books as a good starting point: Network Science: Theory and Applications[2] Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means[3] Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age[4] The Wisdom of Crowds[5] Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks[6]…
on “An Introduction to Graph Theory and Network Science” ↗…Reborn - Lee Smolin Ambient Findability - Peter Morville Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software - Steven Johnson Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age - Duncan Watts Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life - Albert-laszlo Barabasi Artificial Life - Steven Levy The Four Steps To The Epiphany - Steve…
on “Ask HN: What are the most thought-provoking books that you have read?” ↗How about some context books: “The Idea Factory” by Gertner “Linked” by Barabasi “Deep Simplicity” by Gribbin “The Black Swan” by Talib “Chaos” by Gleick “The Experience Economy” by Gilmore & Pine
on “Ask HN: technical book club recommendations?” ↗If you're interested in graphs, network science, or social science, Barabási's Linked is a rewarding read. (https://www.amazon.com/Linked-Everything-Connected-Business-...)
on “Network Science by Albert-László Barabási” ↗1. La peste (Albert Camus) - entertaining if you're into French existentialism 2. Linked (Barabasi) - insightful and useful to understand that most phenomenon we see in real life follow a power law and what that means 3. Leonardo da Vinci (Walter Isaacson) - surprising how little of da Vinci's…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Also, if you want a more readable and entertaining introduction, I highly recommend the book "Linked: The new science of networks" by Barabasi.
on “More Sex is Safer Sex (1996)” ↗You would probably like Linked by Barabasi -- it is similar, but Barabasi is an academic (my barabasi # would be 2!)
on “How to write a "Malcolm Gladwell Bestseller"” ↗http://www.amazon.com/Linked-Everything-Connected-Else-Means... He was just joining up with the CS dept at ND when I was doing my msc there and I got to see him speak a few times. This is part of a general trend, we naturally appear…
on “The Secret of Successful Entrepreneurs” ↗I don't have my copy with me right now, but Barabasi has some examples of interesting social network data that were collected by sociologists in his book "Linked" [1]. You might be able to get hold of some of those. IIRC there is a prison network that might be a fair comparison. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Linked-The-New-Science-Networks/dp/073...
on “Show HN: PotterVerse – Visualizing the Harry Potter character network” ↗Sounds very similar to the guy talked about in Albert-László Barabási's book (either Bursts, or Linked ... don't recall which atm) - he was photoing/videoing his whole life, but never of himself - ie, the camera was always facing outward (like a policeman's bodycam)
on “I record myself on audio 24x7 and use an AI to process the information” ↗"Think of yourself as a dreaming robot on autopilot" -- we are such easily predictable, says Albert-László Barabási the author of Linked in his new book. Since Linked Barabási founded the science of objectively understanding and measuring people, humanity. According to his research and new book our whereabouts can be predicted with a…
on “Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do” ↗…> Now, thanks to a series of breakthroughs in network theory by researchers like Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Duncan Watts, and Bernardo Huberman among others, breakthroughs being described in books like Linked, Six Degrees, and The Laws of the Web, we know that power law distributions tend to arise in social systems where many people express their preferences among many options. We also know that as the number…
on “Shirky.com is gone” ↗…concentrates; proposes progressive wealth taxation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce... == Networks, Complexity & Information (why hubs and hierarchies emerge) Albert-László Barabási, Linked (2002): preferential attachment makes networks develop hubs (central nodes) http://networksciencebook.com/chapter/5 Herbert A. Simon, "The Architecture of Complexity" (1962): complex systems often become…
on “Are we decentralized yet?” ↗