Triadic Closure and Anti-Asian Hate
Source: https://www.ceu.edu/article/2020-05-27/how-we-choose-our-friends-may-lead-polarized-societies One of the main topics we learned in class is the idea of triadic closure. If two people are friends with the same person, they are more likely to become friends with each other. This makes intuitive sense and I’m sure many of us have experienced this before, especially in the first years […]
A Game Theory Approach to Covid-19 Guidelines
A Game Theory Approach to Covid-19 Guidelines I will offer a disclaimer here, I am not a doctor, and none of this is medical advice. Current Covid-19 guidelines leave students at Cornell with a few decisions to be made. The first is to socially distance and isolate completely. While this decision would not have an […]
Networks in the Cornell Freshman’s O-Week life, and why local bridges matter
The past few weeks in class we’ve begun to study networks and how principles of strong and weak ties can affect new connections established in any given social network. The textbook defines these 2 types of ties between nodes as having “the stronger links, corresponding to friends and weak ties corresponding to acquaintances” (Easley, Kleinberg […]