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“The same mathematics of networks that governs the interactions of molecules in a cell, neurons in a brain, and species in an ecosystem can be used to understand the complex interconnections between people, the emergence of group identity, and the paths along which information, norms, and behavior spread from person to person to person.”
— James Fowler is a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, answering the question “If you only had a single statement to pass on to others summarizing the most vital lesson to be drawn from your work, what would it be?” in Starting Over, SEED, Aprill 22, 2011.
