Connected
The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

I've read a couple of reviews by professionals, and have been really surprised that everyone focuses on the content, and no one mentions how poorly organized the book is. The data is very interesting and compelling. And the authors aren't bad writers. But I'm simply stunned that people who talk about......more

This book had some great information packed inside of a repetitive package that wasn't very sticky. Once you picked up the key ideas, most of the conclusions followed in a fairly obvious manner. The key ideas or, at least, the ones that I remember, were: - Network influence tends to travel three degr......more

This was an interesting read. In a nutshell, we influence people in ways and are influenced by other people in ways that might surprise us. According to the research, we exert an influence by 3 degrees, to our friends, friends-friends, and friends-friends-friends to the tune of 50% to 25% to 10%. (The......more

Only three stars for this well-researched, original and intriguing book, mainly because I was much more interested in the original and intriguing conclusions rather than the many pages of social and psychological research and anecdote. These Harvard profs doubtless want to strut their academic stuff......more

This is an interesting book discussing how social networks effect our lives. Some highlights from the book are: • Our connections – our friends, their friends, and even their friends’ friends influence how we live, think, behave etc. • Our interconnection is not only a natural and necessary part of our......more