The Strength of Weak Ties on “Papers I Keep Rereading”, a list by Andre Coleman on TheLysts.
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Name
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Authors
Mark S. Granovetter
Year
1973
Field
Sociology / Networks
Why it stuck
The reason your cousin’s roommate’s coworker gets you a job lead while your best friends just send memes; weak ties are secretly doing like 70% of the social heavy lifting.
My take
Every time a random LinkedIn connection helps me more than my actual buddies, I mentally high-five this paper and then feel guilty for not texting my friends back.
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