Animals Quote by Nicholas A. Christakis

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

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

“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

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

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

I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend.

— Nicholas A. Christakis

It's important for students to take their studies seriously.

— Nicholas A. Christakis

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

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

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

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

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