Скачать или смотреть Nature & Nurture #43: Dr. Nicholas Christakis - Network Science & Public Health

Dr. Nicholas Christakis is a physician, sociologist, network scientist, and Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. He is also the author of numerous books including Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, and Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live.

In this episode we discuss Dr. Christakis' background in medicine, and his transition into network science: the study of social networks, how they form, change, and interact to shape our behavior. We discuss how network science can be understood both from an evolutionary perspective, as in Blueprint, and in public health, as in Apollo's Arrow. Pandemics are nothing new to humans, and Dr. Christakis argues that we can learn from our evolutionary and historical past in facing COVID-19 and other potential pandemics, and respond to them better than ever if we put such knowledge and our technological advancements to good use.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - Nicholas' background in medicine and his transition into sociology
4:39 - How medical training shaped Nicholas' perspective on sociology
8:52 - Network analysis as a form of studying health that focuses neither on individuals nor large populations, but small groups
13:36 - How network science relates to health
18:37 - How different social networks can be optimized to produce different behaviors
20:31 - Understanding network science from an evolutionary perspective
30:42 - The story behind Apollo's Arrow
37:36 - How civilization created the breeding grounds for pandemics
39:20 - Do technological advancements in transportation worsen pandemics?
41:43 - The timeline and predictions of COVID-19 and Apollo's Arrow
45:19 - Has COVID-19 prepared us for future, worse pandemics?