This article is from WeChat public account:Jizhi Club (ID: swarma_org), author: Leo, editor: Zhang Shuang, from the cover: Oriental IC
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In the modern world where knowledge and skills are at the core, how can a variety of versatile broad-based generalists and sophisticated professionals with stunts form different forms of community? When we shoulder the social division of labor and strive to integrate into the environment, the characteristics of both generalists and professionals will affect our ability to acquire knowledge and skills, and the surrounding environment will change quietly due to our choice.
Recently, an article published in Science Advances analyzes the relationship between the number and proficiency of a community’s mastery skills and its social network structure. Smolla and Akçay explore the civilization through model experiments. The evolution, trace the source, reveal the society.
culture shaping network
Today’s human beings can almost step into and adapt to every corner of the earth, blending and changing the environment. This is the result of the accumulation of our cultural achievements. Of course, one can use his own power to promote the progress of science and propose groundbreaking theories. But most of the time, it is impossible for us to create a great cause by ourselves. The vast majority of the knowledge we have learned is the result of the accumulation of predecessors, and the vast majority of achievements are also the result of multi-person cooperation. Therefore, many times people want to imitate and learn from the people around them.
An article recently published in Science Advances analyzes the relationship between the number and proficiency of community mastery skills and its social network structure: