9 February

We have mental models of populations or societies derived from things like gigs (thus ‘gig culture’). ‘The people’ assembling. In reality social network analysis shows that societies look like the diagram. Like an atom, mostly empty space with zero interaction between people, with various networked hubs led by leaders or influencers. There’s no unity here, it’s a handful of mostly disconnected social groups, battling for social status supremacy.