From TedTalks:
Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities — that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city’s population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.
Related Situationist posts:
- The Unequal Situation of Seperation
- Some Situational Sources of Longer Life
- Nicholas Christakis on the Situation of Epidemics
- The Stressful Situation of Disease
- Inequality and the Unequal Situation of Mental and Physical Health
- The Situation of Handguns on Urban Streets-Abstract
- “Innovative Policy: Zoning for Health,”
- “The Situation of Social Networks,” and
- “Social Networks.”
