Barabasi homework

Barabasi: The First LinkMonday 9/17Read and annotate. Answer these questions in full sentences. Type. Bring a digial copy to class (i.e. email it to yourself, or save to USB drive).

1. What elements or factors were critical to Paul's success in spreading the Christian message?He used first knowledge of the social network of the first century civilized world from Rome to Jerusalem to reach and convert as many people as he could. He choose the place in which the faith could spread effectively and walked 10.000 mikes for 12 years. (4)

2. Barabasi asks the question, "Could it happen again?" (p.4), what is your answer?No, it could not. The gap of information of the people has become large and it is difficult to spread something equally today.

3. What new kinds of maps have been made of our interconnectivity (p.5)? What kinds of interconnectivity would you like to see mapped?Map of the Internet, map of companies, map of interactions, map of genes have been made.
I want to see the map of human relationship because it is sometimes ambiguous.

4. What is the 'real surprise' (p.5) that such maps have revealed? Personally, does this surprise you?Real surprise is maps are indistinguishable from real things.
When I saw sketched incest in the picture book, I was really surprised at it.

5. How does the author define the nature of most scientific research in the 20th Century? What is the problem associated with such an approach (p.6-7)?Once we understand the parts, it will be easy to grasp the whole but although we found the part of something, we run into the hard wall of complexity because nature is not a well-designed puzzle with only one way to put it back together. (6)

6. What does Barabasi predict will be the new focus of scientific research in the coming era (p.7)? What is your view?
Network will dominate the new century to a much greater degree than most people are yet ready to acknowledge.(7)
I afraid I cannot understand well around this part…