论文标题
网络如何塑造多样性以使其变得更好或更糟
How networks shape diversity for better or worse
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论文摘要
社会多样性，人类观点，思想，行为和风格的多样性对社会系统具有深远的影响。虽然它为创新，生产力和集体智慧增强了，但它也会使沟通和侵蚀信任变得复杂。那么哪些机制会影响它呢？本文研究了社交网络的基本特征如何支持或阻碍社会多样性。它采用文化进化，数学分析和数值模拟的模型。我们发现连接分布的不平等明显阻碍了社会多样性。相比之下，紧密联系的社区的流行率，长期连接的稀缺性以及显着的领带密度往往会促进它。这些结果开辟了新的观点，可以理解如何改变社交网络以维持更多的社会多样性，从而使社会创新，集体智慧和生产力。
Socio-diversity, the variety of human opinions, ideas, behaviors and styles, has profound implications for social systems. While it fuels innovation, productivity, and collective intelligence, it can also complicate communication and erode trust. So what mechanisms can influence it? This paper studies how fundamental characteristics of social networks can support or hinder socio-diversity. It employs models of cultural evolution, mathematical analysis, and numerical simulations. We find that pronounced inequalities in the distribution of connections obstruct socio-diversity. In contrast, the prevalence of close-knit communities, a scarcity of long-range connections, and a significant tie density tend to promote it. These results open new perspectives for understanding how to change social networks to sustain more socio-diversity and, thereby, societal innovation, collective intelligence, and productivity.
