Networks

See also Systems Thinking

This page is about theory and practice of Networks

Six Degrees of Separation

James Burke's Connections television series

Albert-László BarabásiLinked: is about How Everything is Connected to Everything Else and What It means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. (excerpts) Six Degrees; Matthew Effect (rich get richer)

Duncan Watts Six Degrees book overview (5 min video).

Case Study: The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin. Illustrates serendipity and social networks.

Malcolm Gladwell has written several interesting books on innovation and networks, especially The Tipping Point. See his TEDtalks

Technological Networks

Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web. TEDtalk. 4 min summary of book ideas. summary of Where Good Ideas Come From

THE MASTER SWITCH: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires By Tim Wu summary review.

Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2, 000 Years Tom Standage 2013

Using Networks to Make Predictions (video) Santa Fe Inst.

Who Are the Hackers? TEDtalks

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Steven Levy - 25th Anniversary Edition.

What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Dormouse_Said summary) by John Markoff Google book