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Social Network Geometry | The Geoffrey West Series | Episode 4 (WiM147)

Mar 1, 2022

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Language as a Foundational Technology

Language facilitates collective behavior and the development of shared ideas, leading to innovation.
This allows humans to plan, conceptualize the future, and anticipate challenges, setting us apart from other species.

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The Power of Human Imagination

The human imagination is a powerful tool for conceptualizing the future and innovating.
Imagined orders like nation-states and money create new layers of competition and drive societal development.

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Cities as Scaled Representations of the Brain

The fractal nature of cities may reflect the structure of the human brain and social networks.
City maps might represent a nonlinear projection of the geometry and flows within our neural networks.

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Is There Such a Thing as a Single Ant?

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The Human Imagination Is Our Most Powerful Tool

07:20 • 2min

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The Evolution of Timescales and Innovation

09:24 • 4min

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Are We Really in the Driver's Seat?

13:14 • 2min

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The Hidden Fractal Nature of Social Networks

14:45 • 2min

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Is There a Physical Connection Between the Brain and Cities?

16:37 • 5min

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Social Networks and Cities

21:47 • 3min

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The Dunbar Numbers Are for Real

24:23 • 3min

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I'm Glad You Did It, Is It Really Necessary?

27:15 • 5min

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Is There a Physics to the Geometry of a Social Network?

32:04 • 4min

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Is There a Social Network Optimization?

35:52 • 3min

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Do the Numbers Go Up in Factors of Three?

38:35 • 2min

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NIDIG - Your Single Source Solution for Everything Bitcoin

40:38 • 2min

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Is the Digital Age, the IT Revolution Changing Everything?

42:17 • 5min

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The Real Revolution Was the Zero to One Innovation

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Bitcoin Is a Tool for Moving Value Across Space and Time

The Primacy of Exchange

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Is Wealth an Emergent Property of Exchange?

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Positive Feedback in a Social Network Is the Driving Force of Innovations

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The Positive Feedback in a Social Network

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Positive Feedback Can Have Disastrous Effects, Right?

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Is There Anything I Wanted to Leave?

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Theoretical Physicist Geoffrey West joins me for a multi-episode series exploring his excellent book "Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies."

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Geoffrey's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010P7Z8J0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Geoffrey's Profile: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/geoffrey-west

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Transcript:

OUTLINE
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro
00:00:08 Language as a Technology and the Discovery of the Future
00:07:22 The Human Imagination as Our Most Powerful Tool
00:10:36 Innovating “Imagined Orders” and the Industrial Revolution
00:15:15 The City as a Scaled Representation of the Human Brain?
00:20:42 Where Does the Geometric Structure of Social Networks Come From?
00:24:22 The Speculation Supporting Dunbar’s Number…
00:29:02 Niche Construction and the Psychological Impact of Corrupt Money
00:32:52 Principles of Physics Underlying the Geometry of Social Networks?
00:38:03 Dynamic Network Tension Between Physical Possibility and Information Throughput
00:40:36 NYDIG
00:41:44 Impact of The Digital Age on Social Network Geometry
00:44:10 Historical Telecommunication Revolutions
00:47:54 A Historical Look at the Physical Possibility and Information Throughput of Money…
00:51:03 Geoffrey’s Trouble Conceptualizing Money…
00:54:42 Energy Expenditure is the Mechanism which Secured Gold’s Money Supply
00:58:37 Free Exchange, Positive Feedback Loops, and Emergent Properties
01:03:33 Social Networks are Bound by the Free Exchange of Information
01:06:44 Emergent Properties as the “Whines and Squeals” of Amplified Positive Feedback Loops
01:10:10 Positive Feedback Loops and the Amplification of Ideas

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