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A revolutionary new theory showing how we can predict human behavior-from a radical genius and bestselling author
Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudo scientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, astonishing new research is revealing patterns in human behavior…
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1 author picked Bursts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
László’s book is a masterpiece of interweaving exciting storytelling with prudent proposals for a new view on seemingly unexplainable ‘bursts’ of behavior. I like the sudden breaks in the text, which abruptly jump from focus to focus—this keeps me alert and induces me to invent my own overarching interpretation.
A new stage of understanding the manyfold links in our social world has to include sudden breaks in standard behavior—this is the main message that the eminent network researcher Barabasi has in store for me.
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