July 15, 2004

• The Roots of Coincidence

  Yesterday’s first entry contained a picture of the Philadelphia group The Roots:

  

  Yesterday’s last entry, “Welcome to Mr.
  Motley’s Neighborhood,” dealt with properties of social networks. 
  Trying to learn more about such properties, I just came across this in
  the Wikipedia:

   
  Small World Phenomenon –

  “The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, based on articles
  originally published in The New Yorker, elaborates the
  ‘funneling’ concept. In it Gladwell argues that the six-degrees
  phenomenon is
  dependent on a few extraordinary people (‘connectors’) with large
  networks of contacts and friends: these hubs then mediate the
  connections between the vast majority of otherwise weakly-connected
  individuals.”

  From USA Today –
   
  Posted 7/12/2004 10:51 PM
  Updated 7/13/2004 4:32 AM

  The Roots tap urgent beat
  in ‘Tipping Point’

  “The Tipping Point refers to Malcolm
  Gladwell’s book about critical moments that touch off social phenomena,
  and the album certainly conveys a sense of urgency.

  Between the riveting beats and frontman Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter’s
  razor-sharp lyrics about a range of social ills, it’s almost impossible
  to turn away.” — Steve Jones

  For more on black thought, click on the picture of Willard Motley’s book in the previous entry.

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