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Social Networks and Ending the Pandemic with Nicholas Christakis

Jan 18, 2022

58:10

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Nicholas Christakis

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What's the Point of Social Networks?

03:12

The Spread of Misinformation in Our Society

03:16

What's the Solution to the Problem of Social Networks?

04:10

Introduction

2min

What Do You Think We Didn't Know About the Pandemic?

2min

Plagues Are Not New to the Human Condition

2min

Athucydides in the Plague of Athens

3min

Is It a Plague or a Leap?

2min

What's the Point of Social Networks?

3min

What's the Solution to the Problem of Social Networks?

4min

A Different Kind of Broadcast Power

2min

The Spread of Misinformation in Our Society

3min

10.

I Love and You Do This Too, Neil. And So I Can't Do It

3min

11.

What Is the Capacity of the Virus?

3min

12.

Is There a Virus That Kills 90% of the Population?

2min

13.

The End of the Pendemic?

4min

14.

Is There Any Hope That the Coronovirus Will Ever End?

3min

15.

Measles

3min

16.

The Social End of the Pandemic

2min

17.

Root Canals, Root Canal or a Root Canal?

3min

18.

Is There a Disagreement in Science?

3min

19.

Is There a Demographic Shift in Respect for Science During This Pandemic?

5min

20.

How Corona Viris Increases Your Neeple's Risk of Death

2min

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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Thanks to our Patrons Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, bj Avent-Farmer, Bryce Irving, Heavily Sedated, Aaron Moss, Rudy Amaya, and Jan Erik Bergli for supporting us this week.

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StarTalk Radio

Social Networks and Ending the Pandemic with Nicholas Christakis

Episode guests

What's the Point of Social Networks?

The Spread of Misinformation in Our Society

What's the Solution to the Problem of Social Networks?

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