This is the first in a three-part series on academic research that illuminates social networks, one of the most important trends in design today. Humans suffer from information overload; there’s much more information on any given subject than a person is able to access. As a result, people are forced to depend upon each other for knowledge. Know-who information rather than know-what, know-how or k
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