Nicholas A. Christakis Quotes
It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.
It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it.
Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness.
What constrains or enables the capacity of human beings to work in groups is not so much the technology, but rather the capacity of the human brain to have and monitor social interactions.
The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. It's to our advantage as individuals and a species to assemble ourselves in this fashion.
It's fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it's harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying.
People have just assumed that... if we call our Facebook acquaintances our friends, we must be influenced by them, too. But we're not.
My entire youth was spent with an incredibly ill parent... I don't think you can grow up that way and not be marked by that experience.
Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.