The Human Network

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By Matthew O. Jackson ’84

Published March 6, 2019

In The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors (Pantheon), Stanford economics professor Matthew Jackson ’84 looks at how interpersonal relationships coalesce into networks with common patterns, and how our place in those networks impacts our actions and perspective on life.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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