Second, our work highlights the poten-tial of LLMs for synthetic dataset generation, a critical area in network science. Although the accuracy ofLLM-based predictions is not yet perfect, like all other link prediction models, this approach is particu-larly valuable in scenarios where privacy concerns limit access to real-world data. By simulating realisticdatasets that capture important network properties, LLMs can facilitate research and experimentationwithout compromising sensitive informatio

mperialism into a system of imperial, racist geopolitics and then appliedthem within Europe. 16 Nevertheless, though it does seem to me to be bothtruthful and illuminating to place the Third Reich within the context ofmodern Western imperialism it is also obvious that, much more thanmost empires, Hitler’s polity was sui generis

The twenty-first century, he wrote, far fromit becoming an oasis of democratic values, would more likely resemble thestruggles, wars, and conflicts of the nineteenth century.13

Lord Ismay, the founding secretary general, famously said that the purpose of NATO was to “keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” Now, according to this former ambassador, “NATO’s raison d’être is to keep the Americans in.”

This illustrates how means-ends analysis can evaluate methods: the bold method meets the goal of reliably arriving at the right answer, whereas the skeptical method does not.

A striking result in a recent experiment with human participants playing the name game is that, in fully connected networks—in which all players can be randomly paired with anyone else—a symmetry-breaking event occurs after an extended period of unstable coordination, such that a single name sharply rises as the globally dominant option, rapidly spreading throughout the network (6).

how much information is needed for people to learn any rule-like regularity from noisy data involving frequent violations of the rule.

For instance, there is no intrinsic difference in the quality of greeting gestures, such as handshaking or bowing; the primary criterion for convention viability is whether it is sufficiently popular to enable reliable coordination

We show that threshold-based agents produce social learning that is more accurate than imitating and optimizing agents, while also providing a better model of how a critical mass of dissenters can overturn conventions.

but is merely a kind of wounded automaton that goes on wounding. As a result, I found her actions incomprehensible and even unbelievable

Yes, his family was poor. His mother loved to read true-romance magazines. When he was twelve years old, he got a little job at the bookstore in town, and the guy in the bookstore took an interest in him.

restrained, unsentimental prose that carries great emotional weight.

from fighting in the wars

standing opposite each other as pillars in Stoner’s life, where his daughter is an afterthought, unseen, unheard, a footnote buried within the pages

A lot of what we do around here can be thought of as distinguishing the correct contrarian cluster within the contrarian cluster

Cinema industry figures note Dark Horse’s budget dwarfs recent blockbuster Brazilian productions, such as The Secret Agent, which was nominated for four Oscars this year and cost about R$27mn ($5.4mn).

Castillo is serving an 11-year prison sentence after attempting to close Congress and rule by decree in 2022, just over a year into his term.

“If you look at the past couple of years, it seems like we’ve had a lot of once-in-a-lifetime events,” said Marc Zimmerlin, partner at Oliver Wyman and one of the report’s authors. “Obviously that’s not part of anybody’s business planning.”

“For most participants the situation was a surprise,”