Extinction of One Species
Over the past century, we have been burning more fossil fuels than ever before. Burning releases carbon into the environment; however, the problem lies when we burn too much like we are doing currently. The Earth cannot absorb all the carbon emissions back into the ground, at the same rate that we are releasing the […]
COVID-19’s Impacts on Workers Ties at Workplace
To study dimensions of the world of work and how does Covid-19 has brought changes around those dimensions, here I will relate it to networks. Kniffin in his paper indicates that connectivity and communication technologies facilitated work and home as work areas since the Covid emerged. Covid also caused changes in the network structure of […]
A Not so Tasty Network
Looking at two relatively related articles “The McWhopper proposal, a co-branding between Burger King and McDonald’s” by Juan Quaglia and “Burger King | McWhopper Proposal – Collaboration or Consternation?” by Martín Echavarria. Both articles cover the proposal that Burger King extended McDonald’s to collaborate in the creation of a McWhopper on September 21, 2015, for […]
China-Taiwan-United States Relations
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/technology/china-apple-iphone.html With the highly anticipated release of the iPhone 14 right around the corner, there are more eyes on Apple now, more than ever. Although this high tech company claims to be a worldly competitor, the company’s recent decisions have shown it moving further and further away from China. With tensions rising between […]
The Applications of Networks in Social Media Platforms and Business World – Snapchat
https://www.wsj.com/articles/snaps-big-snip-will-only-go-so-far-11661959909?page=1 Networks have been a highly important part of the modern technology and relevant business field, especially in the new media platform industry, including Twitter, Meta, Netflix, Snapchat, and etc. People call it “network effect” by referring to the phenomenon that a social media platform could grow faster based on a larger user base, as […]
Game Theory Applications in the Real World — What are the limitations?
Website: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2938166 Game theory is a powerful concept in social reasoning and in predicting behaviors. This academic article goes into detail about the game theory applications in real life. It argues that while it provides a “plan of action”, real life does not always plan out like the model. Reality will oftentimes result in a […]
Prisoner’s Dilemma and its relationship to COVID at Cornell
While COVID no longer remains to be a top health concern at Cornell, it is no secret that the university worked hard to battle the virus for a number of years. As we look back at the last few semesters, the lessons we can learn from them are worth exploring. Take the fall 2021 semester […]
How to decide whether to move in with your partner, if a game theorist were to say
In June 2022, Anna P. Kambhampaty wrote a New York Times article, “When the Rent Rushes Relationships.” Its cutline perfectly sums up, “Soaring rents across the county have motivated some young couples to move in together earlier than they planned.” Throughout the article, Kambhampaty covers several pieces of anecdotal evidence of people who have or […]