Success through social physics | Alex 'Sandy' Pentland | TEDxBeaconStreet

[@watso9386]

Alex Sandy Pentland is a brilliant man. I just had one question. What keeps Google (with use of Google Glass) or/and other companies from constantly monitoring our gestures and engagements without our knowledge? I have no doubt that they are capable of doing it right now so why wouldn't they? I am not (dis)encouraging it but I would like to have the confirmation and, moreover, the transparency from companies such as Google to know what they are currently up to. It will always be a privacy issue but in this case it isn't what I am concerned about. Don't get me wrong, I support Social Physics and I definitely love that Alex shares his knowledge with the public crowd.

[@user-dj3xg7ui7l]

Use computers to evaluate human interaction through their signals (e.g., mimicry in sales, engagement in dating, energy in poker) Patterns of Success Engagement Exploration (talk to other people) Low-Income Community Don't do much exploration worth health and crime Children who grow up in an environment with less engagement and exploration develop different brain features-> negative feedback loop (Poverty Trap)

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

4:07 I just adore the fact that as he's talking about body language, he throws his hand out towards the audience in an unmistakable gesture of: _here, try this on._ That's fekkin hilariously cute to me.

[@catwalkernorth]

I find Prof Pentland's ideas about engagement and exploration very compelling, and would like to marry them with Jane Jacobs' ideas about vitality and economic success of cities. Jacobs found that neighbourhoods that had many different ways for people to meet and collaborate as they went through their daily routines would build stronger connections and become communities where people recognized that they depended on one another and had things in common. I think that such communities take a long while to build, but only a short time to destroy, and that we destroyed a lot of them through urban renewal, through which we destroyed functioning communities, replacing the old neighbourhoods with housing projects. These new project were populated with random individuals, without connections to their neighbours. When we look at how people with low income behave, are we seeing behaviour driven by low income or by damaged communities? Jane Jacobs identified certain low income neighbourhoods that were successful at fighting off urban renewal, and those places seem to function better. See her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities for examples.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I loved your comment, and so I will absolutely check out Jane Jacobs. Thank you for the tip. ^-^

[@arich20]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@mariasterk2395]

Always fascinating, thank you Sandy!

[@LegalHybrid-RiskAdvisory]

Remember that word: social physics. This is very scary.

[@martymartmartin4740]

Okay Zuboff :L

[@weissmannrob]

Right, let’s plug into his network so we can be calculated all the time and be predicted all the time, so he can make money. Algorithms decide for us to their favor. Welcome to the brave new world.

[@qili2780]

Dear Professor Pentland, I am very curious about the reasons why the richest people prefer to live in the remote places and even in an island. @MIT Media Lab

[@hubertwiegand9132]

+Qi Li They already have a robust network to engage and explore with despite the remoteness. They still travel immensely and host others at their estates.

[@FaxGaming1]

Very interesting!

[@harryhocus7367]

Hard to hear this...turn it up!

[@ShiveshSuman]

The volume in this video is a bit low.

[@ruisenoir]

suburban society has a lack of exploration by design i think, how we can overcome this?

[@manikchowdhury4543]

victor ortiz get a car

[@ruisenoir]

no

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@Manik Chowdhury : Get a bicycle.

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