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Reading The Black Swan

[fr]Notes de lecture de “The Black Swan”, sur l’impact des événements hautement improbables.[en]One of the things I did yesterday during my time offline was read a sizeable chunk of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim … Continue reading

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Power Laws, Popularity, Authority, A-Lists and the Rest…

[fr]Longue réflexion sur les dynamiques de la popularité en ligne. En très résumé: être populaire aide à  rester populaire (cercle vertueux); c’est un phénomène normal dû au fait que nous avons tendance à  préférer ce que nous savons que les … Continue reading

Posted in Social Media and the Web, Thinking | Tagged alist, authority, Blogger musings, bloggers, Blogosphere Interest, Citations, essay, Essay-Like, feedbackloop, flickr, interestingness, internet, linkedness, popularity, powerlaw, ranking, recognition, technorati, Theories | 14 Comments