Propagation - Why Some Ideas Go Viral and Others Die Alon...

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Felix Mercer explores why ideas spread through social networks like wildfire while others vanish—revealing it's not about content quality, but network architecture. Drawing on research from Barabási and Centola, he unpacks scale-free hubs, clustering, and complex contagion that determine what goes viral. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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This episode was published on April 16, 2026.

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Felix Mercer explores why ideas spread through social networks like wildfire while others vanish—revealing it's not about content quality, but network architecture. Drawing on research from Barabási and Centola, he unpacks scale-free hubs,...

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