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How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It

Kevin Kelly has written: The Wikipedia is impossible, but here it is. It is one of those things impossible in theory, but possible in practice. I couldn't agree more: the scope of Wikipedia's success is stupefying to me. The project can teach us many things about how we can utilise small inputs from many to … Continue reading How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It →

Hans de Zwart Books, Open 2 Comments 21-06-2009 2 Minutes

6.6 Degrees of separation on average

Stanley Milgram was a very innovative social experimenter. I will keep his experiments on authority for another blog post and instead will focus on his Small world experiment, which I have always found fascinating. In 1969 he tried to figure out whether the world was becoming a "small world" network by sending out packages to … Continue reading 6.6 Degrees of separation on average →

Hans de Zwart Learning 22-08-2008 1 Minute

Gang Leader for a Day

A couple of years ago I read Stephen Levitt's fascinating book Freakonomics. One of the most interesting themes covered was the economics of a drug selling gang in Chicago. Levitt had access to a couple of years of ledger books detailing the income and expenses for one particular chapter of the Black Knights gang. The … Continue reading Gang Leader for a Day →

Hans de Zwart Books 2 Comments 27-07-2008 2 Minutes
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