HackerPapers

arXiv:1308.1160cs.SI

Coolhunting for the World's Thought Leaders

Karin Frick, Detlef Guertler, Peter A. Gloor

Early discovery. Linked by one identifiable commenter. This paper is outside the main ranking; a mention is not an endorsement.

Abstract

Which thinkers are we guided by? A novel "Thought Leader Map" shows the select group of people with real influence who are setting the trends in the market for ideas. The influencers in philosophy, sociology, economics, and the "hard sciences" have been identified by a Delphi process, asking 50 thought leaders to name their peers. The importance of the influencers is calculated by constructing a co-occurrence network in the Blogosphere. Our main insight is that the era of the great authorities seems to be over. Major thought leaders are rare - the picture is composed of many specialists.

arXiv comments
Presented at COINs13 Conference, Chile, 2013 (arxiv:1308.1028)
Journal reference
DOI
Subjects
cs.SISocial and Information Networks eess.SYSystems and Control (EESS) physics.soc-phPhysics and Society

On Hacker News

Linked by 1 identifiable commenter in 1 comment across 1 thread, from Sep 2022 to Sep 2022. Found in 1 HN submission from Sep 2013 to Sep 2013. Open submission discussions.

Comments linking this paper, per year.

Discussed in comments1 thread

  1. The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves 1 comment

    • At the end of the article the author, Douglas Rushkoff, realises they didn't ask him specifically for legit advice but rather performed a philosophical and critical evaluation of their justifications for their (selfish) future safety plans. Douglas is a pretty successful media…

      clydethefrogView on HNParent context

Submitted to Hacker News

Connected through shared HN threads, not inferred similarity or a recommendation.