We're not just social animals in the conventional way that people think. It's not just a bunch of us who hang out together. We have a very specific pattern of ties, and they have a particular shape and structure that… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
“If we are connected to everyone else by six degrees and we can influence them up to three degrees, then one way to think… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend. — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
It's important for students to take their studies seriously. — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
I'm not suggesting that social scientists stop teaching and investigating classic topics like monopoly power, racial profiling and health inequality. But everyone knows that… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
People have just assumed that... if we call our Facebook acquaintances our friends, we must be influenced by them, too. But we're not. — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
