Speed Read – Connected: The Amazing Power of Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, Harper Press (2010) (view on Amazon)
Introduction
Nicholas Christakis is a physician and professor at Harvard University and James Fowler is a professor at the University of California, appointed in the Department of Political Science and at the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems.
Connectedargues that personal behaviour is deeply affected by the social networks that people are involved in and that people one barely knows can have a profound impact on actions...