Cognitive Limits of Social Networks
There is a wide cultural belief in the power of the Web and social media as enablers of collective intelligence. They help us spread information rapidly, and learn useful information from each other. But there are fundamental limits to the capabilities of those networks. Understanding these limits is essential to improving social media and allowing society to make the most of it.
Scientific writings
M. Cebrian, I. Rahwan, A. Pentland (2016). Beyond Viral. Communications of the ACM. 59(4):36-39.
[Video]I. Rahwan, D. Krasnoshtan, A. Shariff, J. F. Bonnefon (2014). Analytical reasoning task reveals limits of social learning in networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11(93).
Selected Media: Royal Society, Daily Mail, Live Science, Phys.org