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Six Degrees – the future is networked

By ⋅ November 7, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Got an hour? Here’s an entertaining Australian TV programme about networks and the theory of six degrees of separation (AKA Stanley Milgram’s small world experiment): “How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer“ Thanks to Anecdote.com.au for the tip.

Reality vs. Authenticity

By ⋅ May 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I know the Stef Penney controversy was a while ago, but I can’t stop thinking about it. We live in strange times when a novelist who imagines a scenario to illustrate a theme is labelled inauthentic, while a television programme (now a genre) which contrives a mix of people designed to provoke incident worthy of [...]

The Wisdom of Derren Brown

By ⋅ May 14, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Sat in front of the television show “Trick Or Treat” on Friday night, I watched as Derren Brown treated us to his own version of the opening anecdote from James Surowiekcki’s “The Wisdom of Crowds“. Surowiekcki recounts a story about British polymath Francis Galton, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin noted for his prolific intellect. At [...]

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