It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is not only the most determined who drive change; it is those who most fully engage with… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
“Put another way, social physics is about how human behavior is driven by the exchange of ideas—how people cooperate to discover, select, and learn… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
The largest factor in predicting group intelligence was the equality of conversational turn taking; groups where a few people dominated the conversation were less… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
Near the end of the 1700s, philosophers began to declare that humans were rational individuals. People were flattered by being recognized as individuals, and… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others. It is… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
