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From the Ted Talk by James B. Glattfelder: Who controls the world?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


As a result, networks are ideal representations of complex ssmyets. The nodes in the network are the system's components, and the links are given by the interactions. So what equations are for physics, complex networks are for the study of cploemx systems.

This approach has been very successfully applied to many complex systems in psicyhs, biology, computer science, the social sciences, but what about economics? Where are eocnoimc networks? This is a surprising and prominent gap in the literature. The study we published last year, called "The Network of gbloal Corporate Control," was the first enesvtixe analysis of economic networks. The study went viral on the Internet and it attracted a lot of attention from the inateanniortl media. This is quite rbkralmeae, because, again, why did no one look at this before? Similar data has been around for quite some time.

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As a result, networks are ideal representations of complex _______. The nodes in the network are the system's components, and the links are given by the interactions. So what equations are for physics, complex networks are for the study of _______ systems.

This approach has been very successfully applied to many complex systems in _______, biology, computer science, the social sciences, but what about economics? Where are ________ networks? This is a surprising and prominent gap in the literature. The study we published last year, called "The Network of ______ Corporate Control," was the first _________ analysis of economic networks. The study went viral on the Internet and it attracted a lot of attention from the _____________ media. This is quite __________, because, again, why did no one look at this before? Similar data has been around for quite some time.

Solution


  1. physics
  2. systems
  3. global
  4. remarkable
  5. complex
  6. international
  7. economic
  8. extensive

Original Text


As a result, networks are ideal representations of complex systems. The nodes in the network are the system's components, and the links are given by the interactions. So what equations are for physics, complex networks are for the study of complex systems.

This approach has been very successfully applied to many complex systems in physics, biology, computer science, the social sciences, but what about economics? Where are economic networks? This is a surprising and prominent gap in the literature. The study we published last year, called "The Network of Global Corporate Control," was the first extensive analysis of economic networks. The study went viral on the Internet and it attracted a lot of attention from the international media. This is quite remarkable, because, again, why did no one look at this before? Similar data has been around for quite some time.

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