The Human Network

出版者:Pantheon Books

作者:Matthew O. Jackson

页数:352

出版时间:2019-3

价格:GBP 22.21

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781101871430

具体描述

Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures--our human networks--shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion--from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are--often unwittingly--positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are. Ranging across disciplines--psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business--and rich with historical analogies and anecdotes, The Human Network provides a galvanizing account of what can drive success or failure in life.

作者简介

MATTHEW O. JACKSON is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute, and a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He has been researching social and economic networks for more than twenty-five years and has published Social and Economic Networks, a leading graduate-level text on the subject. Jackson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences; a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the Game Theory Society; an Economic Theory Fellow; and former Guggenheim Fellow. He has reached more than a million students via his popular online courses on social and economic networks and game theory.

读后感

这是一本不错的书。 这本书虽然表面是在讲网络，其实内容涵盖了各个方面与网络的关系。从个体到整体，讲述了人与人之间的交流与网络之间的联系，从而延伸到个人发展和网络之间的联系。国家的金融和网络有关，蝴蝶效应可能会产生危险的金融风暴。病毒和网络有关，紧密的网络带来...  

到底应该从个体的角度，还是从群体的角度看待人类的行为和各种社会现象，这是一个值得认真思考的问题。马克思多次提醒人们，人是社会关系的总和，暗示了人之所以为人，本质上是因为他是各种关系所构成人类网络的一个结点，正是因为这张网，他才成为一个人。 尽管如此，人们往往...  

虽然没有看完全文，但听了《人类网络》 30 分钟精华版，正如同《知识的边界》《系统之美》这两本书，三本书都谈及到网络化的概念， 具无论是：知识、人类社会，都是通过点（要素）、线（连接），网（目标功能）组成。 系统或者网络越大，不确定性和未知性就表现的更加明显。 ...  

“有研究通过分析多大百分比的少数族裔人口迁入某个社区会导致许多白人家庭离开，估计出了造成“白人逃离”的临界点。结果发现在5%~20%之间——说明即使是较少数量的少数族裔迁入，也会使白人搬离。” 01 — 从技术角度分析人与人之间的关系的网络特性：友谊悖论，中心度，特征...

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我们这一行有一些不太理想的倾向，比如鼓励细致分工。但总有一些出色的学者像Matt Jackson，视野开阔，思想深邃，对人和善，培养出很多优秀的学生，写出技术上实用的教科书，还能写出献给大众的畅销书……读的时候发现原来他在写论文的时候，在悄悄地积累各个领域相关的研究。

我们这一行有一些不太理想的倾向，比如鼓励细致分工。但总有一些出色的学者像Matt Jackson，视野开阔，思想深邃，对人和善，培养出很多优秀的学生，写出技术上实用的教科书，还能写出献给大众的畅销书……读的时候发现原来他在写论文的时候，在悄悄地积累各个领域相关的研究。

想想最近的疫情，再看看这本书，紧密传播网络