Nicholas A. Christakis Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 26 quotes by Nicholas A. Christakis Nicholas A. Christakis (born May 7, 1962) is an American sociologist and physician known for his research on social networks and on the socioeconomic and biosocial determinants of behavior, health, and longevity. He is the Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He directs the Human Nature Lab, and he is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Until July 2013, he was a Professor of... Read full biography of Nicholas A. Christakis → 1 2 Ctrl → The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual... → 0 We and others have done a bunch of work to show that if your real friends online say or do something, it affects you. But if your acquaintances... → 0 I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health... → 0 Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in... → 0 We are, first of all, not solitary creatures and second of all, we are deeply embedded in the lives of others. It's very easy to forget that and... → 0 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... → 0 Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness. 0 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. 0 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. 0 We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals. 0 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... → 0 Whether we appreciate it or not, we live out our lives surrounded by an intricate pattern of social connections... We're all embedded in this... → 0 It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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26 quotes by Nicholas A. Christakis