uchicago-computation-workshop / abdullah_almaatouq

Repository for Abdullah Almaatouq's presentation at the CSS Workshop (4/11/2019)
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Wisdom of the Network vs Herd Mentality #19

Open policyglot opened 5 years ago

policyglot commented 5 years ago

Your research brought together a number of different approaches and subjects that we study here at MACSS- digital experiments, statistical inference, network efforts and social contagion. Thank you!

How could the set up of your experiment be extended so as to model the following behaviour: 1) Virality (across social media) of challenges aimed at social causes- Movember for Breast Cancer awareness, the Ice Bucket Challenge, effective Kickstarter campaigns 2) Herd Behaviour- Incorrect and self-aggravating 'wisdom' around correlations in financial markets, finally leading to crashes and bubble bursts - ranging from Holland's Tulip Mania in 1637 to the 2007-08 crash in the United States?