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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Human Habit

posted by on June 4 at 11:03 AM

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The world is big; our world is so small:


The whereabouts of more than 100,000 mobile phone users have been tracked in an attempt to build a comprehensive picture of human movements.

The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again.

Most people also move less than 10km on a regular basis, according to the study published in the journal Nature.


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The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again.

Moving the Slog Happy to Belltown will fuck up all the data.

Posted by jmr | June 4, 2008 11:09 AM
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I totally agree. In the larger sense, we all have very similar social experiences, whether we grew up in the bush, or in Manhattan. There's rarely more than 20-some actors in any social group - everything else is your peripheral environment.

Posted by Dougsf | June 4, 2008 12:56 PM
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I guess, if by "creatures of habit" they mean "have a job and a home."

Posted by Greg | June 4, 2008 1:27 PM

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