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jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
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Saturday, September 24, 2016 12:02 PM
To:
Christakis, Nicholas
Subject:
Re: HW thanks
alternative currencies?
concepts=C2 of trust. exchange store of value, risk, tax. ?
On Sat, S=p 24, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Christakis, Nicholas
wrote:
dear jeff:
we are doing a number of new things.
one of my favorite projects, currently under review so i cannot =hare all details, involves an initiative in what we
call 'dumb Al.=E2 we are going in a different direction than others who are i=creasing the sophistication of Al
technologies. we are decreasing it. we are developing simple sorts of Al, an= we are creating bots that we drop into
groups of humans (creating =98heterogeneous systems' of bots interspersed among real humans) s= as to facilitate the
performance of those groups. through a bit of thoughtful programming and careful inter-position of the bots, we=can
enhance group performance in a number of valuable and useful ways, we =hink. we think there are many applications
and could be transformati=nal, as you put it, though, judging from the sorts of things you probably hear about, perhaps
not.
and we have two other sustained, ongoing efforts:
breadboard.ya=e.edu <http://breadboard.yale.edu> (software with which we create artificial societies of rea=
people, which allows us to do experiments, e.g., this recent paper in Nat=re:
http://humannaturelab.net/paper/inequality-and-visibility-of-weal=h-in-experimental-social-networks/
<http://humannaturelab.net/paper/inequality-and-visibility-of-wea=th-in-experimental-social-networks/> )
and
http://humannaturelab.net/honduras-social-networks/ <http://humannaturelab.net/honduras-social-
networks/> (a=large field experiment in Honduras in which we are trying to create artifi=ial tipping points to foster
large-scale behavior change)
finally, we have some other cool work involving alternative currencies=and the role of network cycles in
economic systems (basically, without cyc=es, the systems perform terribly).
best,
nicholas
On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:40 AM 9/24/16, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>= wrote:
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thanks, what are you currently working o=? have you seen any discovery that is trasnformational.=C2
in your field.? it seems little new in many =thers.
BTW, sol goldman wa= one of my first clients
On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Christakis, Nic=olas
> wrote:
thanks, jeffrey.
a summation of the year that appeared in the Atlantic a couple of mont=s ago is here:
http://www.thea=lantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/the-peril-of-writing-a-provo=ative-email-at-yale/484418/
<https://urldefense.proof poi nt.com/v2/url?u=3 Dhttp-3A_www.theatlantic.com_politics_archive_2016_05_the-
2Dperil -2Dof-2=writing-2Da-2Dprovocative-2Demail-2Dat-2Dyale_484418_&d=CwM FaQ&c=3D-
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hP4II4zWciBuyMCH68yDX9K7vmEckaKo&s=9hPPimUdG6VA=ceipaewycZBCsrENPyd9RA_u40-qhw&e=> it was a
demanding year, and we did our best.
an essay i wrote for the New York Times, which attempts to address one part=of the difficult
issues this past year, and that might possibly be of inte=est to you, is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/education/teaching-inclusion-in-a-divided-world.html?=r=0
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/.=rl?u=http-3A_www.nytimes.com_2016_06_23_education_teaching-
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and, in case you have not seen it, and are interested, here is my wife =80 s original email:
https://www.thefire.org/email-from-erika=christakis-dressing-yourselves-email-to-silliman-college-yale-students-on-
halloween-costumes/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v=/url?u=https-3A
www.thefire.org_emaiI-2Dfrom-2Derika-
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— nicholas
On Sep 21, 2016, at 8:46 AM 9/21/16, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>= wrote:
watched that you tube with horror you we=e great.
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Yale Institute for Network Science
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