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Mechanical Turk, Dynamic Networks, and Cooperation

In a fun paper recently published in PNAS, Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans, Dave Rand, Nicholas Christakis, and I explored how a dynamic social network affects cooperation. Scientists have been using the public goods game for a long time to understand people’s tendency to cooperate with others. Recently, research has explored [...]

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Towns Ranked by Most Pre-Orders of Harry Potter 7

The title says it all. Amazon is ranking towns, per-capita, by those which have the most pre-orders of the seventh Harry Potter book.  I am pleased to see that Williamsville, NY, where I grew up, cracked the top ten. (via kottke).

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