Tag Archives: connectedness

Sync emerges in muscle fibers – self organization in lab

Posted on September 5, 2010 by rndsync

Studying self-organizing biological system has been a problem since it’s hard to organize birds flocking, people at the traffic signals, fireflies to flash together etc. Also computer programs can be made to sync or demonstrate emergence but they are not … Continue reading →

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Weak connections (literally) are important for successful entrepreneurs

Posted on August 1, 2010 by rndsync

Small networks with weak connections are important for information, disease and other forms of viral communication. Very interesting blog that high lights how it’s important for entrepreneurial success/

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Happiness, sadness, loneliness, … more things are contagious than just disease

Posted on July 15, 2010 by rndsync

Happiness definitely is contagious. Is loneliness contagious kindness begets more kindness sadness is contagious There may be a literal truth underlying the common-sense intuition that happiness and sadness are contagious. A new study on the spread of emotions through social … Continue reading →

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Taleb, blackswan, circuit breakers and bigger bubbles

Posted on May 13, 2010 by rndsync

Universa investments cashed in big on Thursday crash. Lots of people in the market are blaming him for the crash. Not that this trade really mattered in the big picture since it’s such a small amount. However, why don’t we … Continue reading →

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What happened on May 6th at the stock market is not a surprise

Posted on May 8, 2010 by rndsync

It’s based on similar principle to the 2003 northeast rolling black out. Power systems that are connected get to a critical state and then it’s impossible to isolate the fault in the system. Much the same as a virus that … Continue reading →

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