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Carregando... Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselvesde Lee Daniel Kravetz
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I never received my copy that I won in a GOODREADS giveaway back on May 15, 2018. I've reached out with no response. Sadly, I need to clear my reading queue & shall assign a 1 star rating. I was excited to have won & looked forward to reading. If I ever receive it, I'll read & post corrected review. ( ) In 2009, the city of Palo Alto was rocked by an unusual series of teenage suicides. Then, in 2014, it happened again. The 10-year suicide rate for the area suddenly became between four and five times the national average. Kravetz, a journalist as well as a concerned resident of Palo Alto, decides to dig into how human acts, emotions and behaviors become contagious. Though not riveting, this book gives the reader a lot to think about, beyond the scope of the Palo Alto suicides, with respect to human psychology, which never fails to be weird and fascinating. It was eye-opening to think of eating disorders and violence as contagious on a subconscious level, as well as the idea of different locations having varying tolerance levels toward violence in their communities, and troubling to consider that what is needed for a community or individual to cope/heal/process (awareness campaigns, support groups, etc.) is in itself simultaneously a spreader of contagion. I experienced a sudden jolt of panic when it finally clicked, a rather embarrassing three quarters of the way through the book, that I too am sending my child to a highly-ranked, potentially high-pressure school, which was certainly food for thought. I'm somewhat surprised that this tragic series of events had never been in my awareness before now, and I naturally became curious about what may have transpired in Palo Alto since the book's publication — thankfully, it seems not much. Nevertheless, I think my next book will have to be a somewhat light-hearted pick-me-up. Since 2009 the life in the Silicon Valley town of Palo Alto was disrupted by a series of high school teenagers committing suicide. Respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz, a newbie in town and fathership, wrote Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves, about the quest for the rationale for this special kind of social contagion. Kravetz did a step-by-step investigation on possible causes: from bulimia, stress among teenagers and their parents, and the high expectations of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their families. Were the media to blame for the ongoing suicide attempts? Is it better to uphold 'radio silence' in the aftermath of another teenager jumping before a train? But hey, in most cases the children didn't know each other. They had everything going for them. Each was popular, valued, talented, and happy. So, would emotional intelligence, social affection, real friendships be key? Will social intervention with accountability groups, cohesion-seeking activities in neighborhoods solve the problem? The journalist spoke to scientists, dared to discuss previous beliefs and convictions to end up with the social power of interpersonal networks. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz's Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived experience of social contagion. In 2009, tragedy struck the town of Palo Alto: A student from the local high school had died by suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train. Grief-stricken, the community mourned what they thought was an isolated loss. Until, a few weeks later, it happened again. And again. And again. In six months, the high school lost five students to suicide at those train tracks. A recent transplant to the community and a new father himself, Lee Daniel Kravetz's experience as a science journalist kicked in: what was causing this tragedy? More important, how was it possible that a suicide cluster could develop in a community of concerned, aware, hyper-vigilant adults? The answer? Social contagion. We all know that ideas, emotions, and actions are communicable--from mirroring someone's posture to mimicking their speech patterns, we are all driven by unconscious motivations triggered by our environment. But when just the right physiological, psychological, and social factors come together, we get what Kravetz calls a "strange contagion:" a perfect storm of highly common social viruses that, combined, form a highly volatile condition. Strange Contagion is simultaneously a moving account of one community's tragedy and a rigorous investigation of social phenomenon, as Kravetz draws on research and insights from experts worldwide to unlock the mystery of how ideas spread, why they take hold, and offer thoughts on our responsibility to one another as citizens of a globally and perpetually connected world. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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