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From one of the worlds leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones. Packaged as a new science, social physics is defined as a new way of understanding human behavior based on the analysis of big data. May 18, 2014 in his new book, social physics, alex pentland, a prominent data scientist at m. If the big data revolution has a presiding genius, it is mits alex pentland. How can we create social structures that are productive and creative. Social physics can change your company and the world. How social networks can make us smarter kindle edition by pentland, alex.
Show more professor sandy pentland is the modern pioneer of whats called social physics the analysis of. In social physics, alexander pentland, a faculty member at the media. Director of the human dynamics laboratory, pentlands book social physics. An executive summary of alex pentlands social physics. Social physics or sociophysics is a field of science which uses mathematical tools inspired by physics to understand the behavior of human crowds.
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This impact of the social and cultural conditions on science is today studied under. Social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. Since 1970 he devoted himself to study and practice tibetan buddhism and since 1976 he has been teaching in europe and north america. By using communication tracking analysis and occasionally human sensors along with big data. Thanks to the millions of digital bread crumbs people leave behind via smartphones, gps devices, and the internet, the amount of new information we have about human activity is truly profound.
Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the repetition. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries that have become the bedrock of a new scientific field. The buddha the socialrevolutionary potential of buddhism is written by trevor oswald ling. Social physics offers a crash course in the new selfdeclared field of science. Jan 30, 2014 social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. Using millions of data points measured over a long period of time in real settings, which pentland calls living laboratories, the author has monitored human behavior on an unprecedented scalepentlands research also offers lessons for policymakers and business people. Social physics and the data driven society national academies. While downplaying buddhisms theological attributes, they assert that buddhism contains philosophic and psychological teachings that share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought, or they assert that modern western thinkers. Social physics is a fascinating look at a new field by one of its principal geeks. Historically, the emergence of modern physics overthrew nearly every postulate of. Social physics alex pentland 9781594205651 netgalley. Introduction in the course of discovering and analyzing the indotibetan buddhist worldview, a westerner will find many ideas and processes which seem alien to the occidental scientific tradition. The naked future and social physics the new york times. Choosing reality is the best book i have read about physics and buddhism.
His most recent books are social physics penguin press, 2014 and honest signals mit press, 2008. Social physics is closely related to econophysics which uses physics methods to describe economics. Social physics is a metaphor sandy pentland adopts to embrace a class of data science research. Social physics can be defined as quantitative social science that mathematically describes connections between the flow of ideas and information among individuals investors, traders, brokers, and also through social networks and the people. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. According to social physics, however good an idea may look on paper or on a computer screen engagement is still the mechanism whereby it takes root in a community. May 28, 2014 what is social physics and how it change our life by knowing how good ideas spread in a society and how we behave and produce effective growth slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Social physics ebook by alex pentland rakuten kobo. How good ideas spreadthe lessons from a new science by pentland, alex isbn. Highlights from the panelists kerry named sandy pentland the father of social physics, and discussed privacy in terms of big data. Our most important habits of actionand most basic notions of common senseare wired into us through our coordination in social groups. Jan 01, 2014 social physics is a metaphor sandy pentland adopts to embrace a class of data science research. Understanding, predicting and influencing human behavior has been the goal of social scientists and leaders anywhere since the beginning of time. Alex sandy pentland and affiliated with the city science center as well as with the research group of prof.
Review of social physics by alex pentland robert mcgrath. Social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups work and can be made to work better, at every level of society. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science by alex pentland the penguin press, 2014 sensor rich mobile devices meet big. Mar 07, 2014 from one of the worlds leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence. Show more professor sandy pentland is the modern pioneer of whats called social physics the analysis of human interactions. The term has been used to mean different things through history. How social networks can make us smarter, by alex pentland right here, in the link. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment epub mobi ebook free by robert wright from one of americas greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. In his new book, social physics, alex pentland, a prominent data scientist at m.
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One of pentlandss main findings thus far has to do with the importance of social interaction in influencing our behavior. The borg collective, circa 1994 social physics personal data. How good ideas spreadthe lessons from a new science by alex pentland. Aug 21, 2014 the term has been used to mean different things through history. The buddha the socialrevolutionary potential of buddhism. How good ideas spreadthe lessons from a new science proposes a new theory of human social interaction. He was born in england in 1920 and during the second world war he went to india to become a baptist clergyman. Specifically, pentland uses reality mining to investigate the social physics in a wide range of groups and situations, from social and peer groups. Jan 27, 2015 social physics will change the way we think about how we learn and how our social groups workand can be made to work better, at every level of society. While downplaying buddhism s theological attributes, they assert that buddhism contains philosophic and psychological teachings that share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought, or they assert that modern western thinkers were variously influenced by.
Two basic concepts of social physics idea flow within social networks, and how it con be separated into exploration and engagement social learning, which is how new ideas become habits, and how learning can be accelerated and shaped by social pressure. Sandy pentland, mit professor, on how big data is revealing the science behind how we work together, based on his book social physics. May 15, 2018 sandy pentland has the ingredients for a citys success. I am a researcher at the mit media lab, at the human dynamics group headed by prof. Measuring individual and collective, social and physical attributes allowed one to trace the dynamics of society. Buddhism and science are considered by various commentators beginning in the twentieth century to be uniquely compatible. Mar 04, 2014 according to social physics, however good an idea may look on paper or on a computer screen engagement is still the mechanism whereby it takes root in a community. By using these data to build a predictive, computational theory of human behavior we can hope to engineer better social systems. I dont think the human thermodynamics site is a good source to use it raises too many red flags for crackpot. Pentland s main field of interest is using reality mining to explore the properties and patterns of interactions between peoplewhat he calls social physics. How good ideas spread the lessons from a new science by alex pentland the penguin press, 2014 sensor rich mobile devices meet big data.