from day 21/11/2010

Where good ideas come from

Following up on the news of a few days earlier about the role of different network structures in the spread of new ideas, it's worth mentioning the new Steven Johnson book on a related topic: Where good ideas come from [1]. Johnson sets out to dispel the myth of the lone inventor whose main ...

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Which network structures favor the rapid spread of new ideas, behaviors, or technologies?

Forthcoming in PNAS, an article entitled "The spread of innovations in social networks" by Andrea Montanari and Amin Saberi (full text available here). Abstract : Which network structures favor the rapid spread of new ideas, behaviors, or technologies? This question has been studied extensively ...

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