ONLINE Book Discussion: The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors
Event Details
07:00PM - 09:00PM
Physical distancing won’t stop the Stanford Club of Palos Verdes/South Bay Book Club!
We are going to discuss “The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors” by Stanford Economics Professor Matthew O. Jackson via Zoom.
We are excited to announce that Prof. Jackson will be joining our discussion!!!
Wednesday, April 29
7:00 PM
Register online so we can send you the Zoom meeting instructions in advance.
If you are planning to order a hard copy of the book, please do so soon as some deliveries are currently delayed.
We are still looking forward to having Professor Jackson come speak to our club, but we are waiting until it’s safe to gather so many people together.
If you have ideas for other virtual events, please contact club president Kathy Christie ’85 MS ’86 at kmariechristie@gmail.com.
Book description:
"Here is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures—our human networks—shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion—from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are—often unwittingly—positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are.”
