The Media Network
While the Department of Justice is pursuing the tech industry for “hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platform”, there appears to be an even larger problem that few people are recognizing. The media industry has slowly evolved from content companies bringing ideas to studios to produce their shows […]
Feeling Troubled? Give Treble a Try
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/science_of_singing Music transcends race, gender, language, socioeconomic status, political beliefs, and geographic location. It can be found in every culture and it dates as far back as 40,000 years ago. Jacques Launay and Eiluned Pearce in their article “The New Science of Singing Together” explain how music, specifically choirs, has been found to bring people […]
Minorities and Social Media
https://www.fastcompany.com/90220470/this-basic-fact-about-social-networks-disadvantages-minorities This article covers a research paper that was recently published. It stated that minority groups on social media are at a disadvantage because they have a harder time accessing novel information and spreading influence on the issue. Information takes a significantly longer time traveling to the minorities from the majority of people. Important […]
Tariffs, Trade, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
By Victor Odouard An interesting game that’s making headlines these days is trade. The problem is often posed as a prisoner’s dilemma. It goes like this: we are dealing with two countries (players). I won’t name names, so let’s call them Merica and Hina. They have two possible choices, tariff or free. 2 players and […]
Disease and the Social Network
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519324/ College is a convergence of thousands of different people from all over the world. This university allows people to connect from all over the world and increase and diversify their social networks. This convergence of people and cultures, while socially positive, also leads to a convergence of micro-biomes. Everyone is familiar with the sickness […]
Phishing and the Strength of Weak Ties
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/09/phishing-is-the-internets-most-successful-con/569920/ People store and share large swaths of personal data on the internet nowadays. They input bank accounts, credit cards, passwords, travel details, personal information, including the extent of their relationships to other people and places, all online. The reasoning behind this, at least on the surface, is to make our lives easier, to simplify […]
As Youth Sports Economy Grows, Complexes Scale Up to Serve It
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/sports/youth-sports-costs.html This article focuses on the so-called “youth sports economy” and the networks of businesses and communities that have emerged to support this growing sector of the economy. This industry is now valued at above $15 billion, and there is a large network of businesses at work to create that evaluation. The networks at […]
The Greatest Auction Ever: Focusing on the UK 3G auction 2000
http://www.gsmhistory.com/3g_auction/#casino In this web page, the author describes the famous 3G radio spectrum auction happened in the UK. During this auction, each bidder engaged with unexpected passion and thus raising the price of the final bid to an unbelievable amount of £22,477,400,000. According to the author, the reason why companies were willing to pay for […]
The Game Theory of New Zealand’s Politics
This article applies game theory to New Zealand’s current political climate. It details recent decisions made by the New Zealand legislature to blow significant government funding on things that are not exactly necessary. The author of this piece decides to point out the government’s decision to spend a cool $30 million on several state-of-the-art horse […]
Instagram’s Like Button and Its Influence on Your Personal Network
A large number of students taking this class has some form of social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.). A simple Google search can reveal several articles about the “dangers” of social media but with very little scientific backing or accompanying research, and the very few legitimate articles only offer a broad analysis, if […]
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