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View ArticleThe Network Europe 21 proposal: Europe as an Interconnected Transnational...
Must read article that carries a profoundly renewed vision of Europe that is entirely compatible with the p2p/commons vision.See it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleHow trees talk to each other
"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery -- trees talk, often and over vast distances....
View ArticleSelfishness Is Learned
Many people cheat on taxes—no mystery there. But many people don’t, even if they wouldn’t be caught—now, that’s weird. Or is it? Psychologists are deeply perplexed by human moral behavior, because it...
View ArticleBuilding intentional networks that drive impact (part 1)
These days everyone is familiar with some type of network – whether that's their professional network on LinkedIn, their social network on Facebook, or the informal web of relationships within your...
View ArticleDisconnected, fragmented, or united? a trans-disciplinary review of network...
During decades the study of networks has been divided between the efforts of social scientists and natural scientists, two groups of scholars who often do not see eye to eye. In this review I present...
View ArticleKindness Contagion
Witnessing kindness inspires kindness, causing it to spread like a virusSee it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleA New Economy: Social, Commons, Feminist, and Environmental
The following book review by our P2Pvalue colleague Mayo Fuster Morell was originally published on the CCCBLab site. Image CC-BY Democracy ChroniclesCases such as Airbnb, Uber, and eBay have...
View ArticleWhat’s to be done with Oxfam?
How about emphasis on building cross-organizational and country networks and TONS of reflection and learning? "Too small to influence economics, toobureaucratic to be social movements, banned from...
View ArticleCollaborative Learning and Generous Exchange: The Heart of Networked Work -...
to strengthen networks, create direct experiences of learning in a collaborative way and of exchanging information/resources/work in new waysSee it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleNetwork Science: Albert-László Barabási: 9781107076266: Amazon.com: Books
Network Science [Albert-László Barabási] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Networks are everywhere, from the Internet, to social networks, and the genetic networks that determine our...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Association: Cooperation, Competition, or Consolidation?
Over the last decade, federations and similar networks of nonprofits have found themselves in battles as central offices have pushed to consolidate and local groups have defended their space. A...
View ArticleThe Emerging Science of Complexity | The New York Academy of Sciences
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View ArticleThe strength of long ties and the weakness of strong ties: Knowledge...
•Examines the effects of supply chains on productivity and innovation through knowledge diffusion.•Ties with distant suppliers benefit more than ties with neighboring suppliers.•Ties with neighboring...
View ArticleWhy Groups Fail (Hint: For the Same Reasons that Nations Fail) - Evonomics
To solve the problem of abuse by power-hungry leaders, the first step must be the adoption of a worldview that makes it obvious.See it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleWebinar : Successfully Transitioning Your Organization to a Network Mindset...
This is excellent! Friday, June 10, 201610:00 -11:00 am Pacific | 1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern Working in networked ways is fundamentally different than traditional ways of working.See it on Scoop.it, via...
View ArticleHigher-order organization of complex networks
Networks are a fundamental tool for understanding and modeling complex systems in physics, biology, neuroscience, engineering, and social science. Many networks are known to exhibit rich, lower-order...
View ArticleA multilayer approach to multiplexity and link prediction in online...
Online social systems are multiplex in nature as multiple links may exist between the same two users across different social media. In this work, we study the geo-social properties of multiplex links,...
View ArticleWHY OUR INNOVATION SYSTEM IS FAILING - and How to Change This
Our innovation system has terribly failed. It is well designed to support gradual improvements of our knowledge and technologies. But it does not support disruptive innovations well, which would create...
View ArticleHow trees talk to each other
"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery -- trees talk, often and over vast distances....
View ArticleThe New York Times Insights - The Psychology of Sharing
Why do people share? The Psychology of Sharing reveals groundbreaking research conducted by The New York Times Customer Insight Group, that fills this knowledge gap.See it on Scoop.it, via networks and...
View ArticleWorking in the Connected World on Flipboard
By Valdis Krebs | Getting things done via human networksSee it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleArtificial Life and decentralised systems - How To See Thoughts
Decentralised systems are systems in which complex behaviours emerges from simple interactions between many agents, such as birds, cells, people drivingSee it on Scoop.it, via networks and network weaving
View ArticleAfter a decade of R&D, MaidSafe’s decentralized network opens for alpha testing
Not many startups have spent a decade fine-tuning their tech platform prior to launch. But not many startups are trying to radically rethink the structure of the internet.UK-based MaidSafe, which has...
View ArticleIntroduction to Focus Issue: Complex Dynamics in Networks, Multilayered...
In the last years, network scientists have directed their interest to the multi-layer character of real-world systems, and explicitly considered the structural and dynamical organization of graphs made...
View ArticleThe new challenges of multiplex networks: measures and models
What do societies, the Internet, and the human brain have in common? The immediate answer might be "not that much", but in reality they are all examples of complex relational systems, whose emerging...
View ArticleFruitful symbioses between termites and computers
The living-together of distinct organisms in a single termite nest along with the termite builder colony, is emblematic in its ecological and evolutionary significance. On top of preserving...
View ArticleOvercomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension (by Samuel Arbesman)
Why did the New York Stock Exchange suspend trading without warning on July 8, 2015? Why did certain Toyota vehicles accelerate uncontrollably against the will of their drivers? Why does the...
View ArticleThe Hidden Danger of Big Data
With big data, we can multiply our options and filter out things we don’t want to see. But there is much to be said for making discoveries through pure serendipity: contingency and randomness often...
View ArticleThe Evolutionary Origins of Hierarchy
Hierarchy is a ubiquitous organizing principle in biology, and a key reason evolution produces complex, evolvable organisms, yet its origins are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate for the first...
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