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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.
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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 to have and monitor social interactions.
Nicholas A. Christakis
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There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks and if we really understood the role they're playing in our society we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our society.
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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 they serve.
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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.
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We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.
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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 are dying.
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Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness.
Nicholas A. Christakis