Axiomempiricalv1
Behaviors spread through social networks following network
Behaviors spread through social networks following network topology up to three degrees of separation.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Christakis and Fowler's empirical finding about social contagion of behaviors. It is a foundational observation about how behavior propagates socially, not derivable from other axioms. It establishes that behavior change has an irreducible social dimension.
Source Lessons
L-1117
Experimental collaboration
Run behavioral experiments with a partner or group for shared learning.
L-1017
Social habits
Habits that involve other people are both harder to form and harder to break.
L-1088
Social reinforcement of unwanted behaviors
Others may unknowingly reinforce behaviors you are trying to eliminate.
L-1057
Social chains
Chains that involve interactions with others need flexibility for the other persons response.