Slog - Comments on The Human Habit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit 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.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:03:04 -0800 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jmr 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.

]]> jmr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1039820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1039820 Science Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:09:00 -0800 Comment by Dougsf 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.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1039963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1039963 Science Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:56:47 -0800 Comment by Greg I guess, if by "creatures of habit" they mean "have a job and a home."

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1040013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_human_habit#c1040013 Science Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:40 -0800