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What does Figure 1.10 depict?
Based on the text, why do people become more likely to adopt a new technology as they see more people using it?
What is one reason for the cascading adoption of new technologies or services mentioned in the text?
What can cause the fading of established practices over time?
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Which factor can contribute to a new practice becoming popular, according to the text?
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In the context of Figure 1.10, what led to MySpace's declining popularity?
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What do networks in the context of trade and economic activity represent?
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How are the links between countries in a network of international trade represented?
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What can be a constraint that limits access between trading participants in markets?
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How can graph theory and game theory be combined to produce richer models of behavior?
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What is the main advantage of a situation where no individual has an incentive to unilaterally change strategy?
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Why do some networks form as a result of participants seeking out the best trading partners?
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What does the author suggest about strong ties in social networks?
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In a professional setting, what does the dichotomy of strong and weak ties suggest?
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What phenomenon is colloquially known as 'six degrees of separation'?
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How can weak ties in social networks be beneficial?
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What suggests a strategy for navigating through the social landscape of a large organization?
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'Latent conflicts are at work' implies what about conflicts within a group?
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What type of clustering is observed in the blogging network described in the text?
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In evaluating the quality and relevance of web pages, modern search engines like Google consider the prominence of a web page based on:
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How do search engines determine the prominence of a web page according to the text?
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Why is a page considered more prominent if it receives links from other prominent pages?
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What does the text suggest can resolve the circularity involved in defining prominence based on links?
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The interaction between search engines and web page authors is an example of a system where 'connectedness' produces interesting effects at what level?
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What does the text suggest about the behavior of individuals in crowded restaurants?
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In what scenario can information cascades occur according to the text?
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Why might individuals imitate the behavior of others according to the text?
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How do social-networking and media-sharing sites become more valuable according to the text?
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What does the text imply about the value of YouTube compared to its competitors?
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Why might individuals choose to abandon their private information according to the text?
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