Tag Archives: informational-cascades

New Article on Informational Cascades

Posted on August 27, 2004 by Michael Feldstein

My new article just came out in eLearn. It started out wanting to be about “emergent learning” but, once I realized that I still have no idea what emergent learning actually is, I removed all references to it in the … Continue reading →

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Idea Viruses as Informational Cascades

Posted on August 4, 2004 by Michael Feldstein

In a previous post, I suggested that so-called “idea viruses” might be thought of as either causes of or manifestations of informational cascades. I now think manifestation is the right characterization rather than cause. I am persuaded by this fascinating … Continue reading →

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Full Context: Democratic Primaries as an Informational Cascade

Posted on July 29, 2004 by Michael Feldstein

I have been digging more into the subject of informational cascades as I work on editing my submission to eLearn on “emergent learning” (which I’m going to refer to as social learning instead, given the current lack of agreement about … Continue reading →

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Book Recommendation: The Selfish Gene

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Michael Feldstein

It may seem odd, given the focus of this blog, to recommend a book on evolutionary biology. But Richard Dawkins’ book The Selfish Gene lays a solid foundation for helping to understand developments in the aggregation sciences. Dawkins’ main thesis … Continue reading →

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The Problem with "Emergent Learning:" Informational Cascades

Posted on July 20, 2004 by Michael Feldstein

I just submitted an article to eLearn Magazine that starts to get at one of the reasons why I am skeptical about emergent learning as a panacea. I’m not going to give away too many of the surprises here (unless … Continue reading →

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