"i think i'm very ashamed of how we've done as a country in terms of combating the plague," he says. "Our fates are tied to our fellow citizens, and so we have a selfish interest in trying to get our fellow citizens to behave better." But even if we didn't have a selfish, selfish interest, we should have an altruistic interest because these people deserve our care - they are our fellow citizens. 'I don't want ay human being to lose her life needlessly'
How do diseases and information spread? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the history of pandemics, how social networks impact spread, and the hidden math behind it with sociologist Nicholas Christakis.
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