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- Fix: soften backfire effect language in IPC claim — distinguish Kahan's robust finding (polarization increases with cognitive skill) from the contested backfire effect (Wood & Porter 2019, Guess & Coppock 2020 show minimal evidence) - Fix: qualify Putnam's TV causal claim as regression decomposition with contested causal interpretation - Add: cross-domain wiki links — Olson→alignment tax + voluntary pledges, IPC→AI alignment coordination + voluntary pledges - Add: 6 source archive stubs for canonical academic texts (Olson, Granovetter, Dunbar, Blackmore, Putnam, Kahan) Pentagon-Agent: Clay <D5A56E53-93FA-428D-8EC5-5BAC46E1B8C2>
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title: "The Strength of Weak Ties"
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author: "Mark Granovetter"
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url: https://doi.org/10.1086/225469
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date: 1973-05-01
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domain: cultural-dynamics
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format: paper
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status: processed
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processed_by: clay
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processed_date: 2026-03-08
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claims_extracted:
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- "weak ties bridge otherwise disconnected clusters enabling information flow and opportunity access that strong ties within clusters cannot provide"
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tags: [network-science, weak-ties, social-networks, information-flow]
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# The Strength of Weak Ties
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Foundational network science paper demonstrating that weak interpersonal ties serve as bridges between densely connected clusters, enabling information flow and opportunity access that strong ties cannot provide. Published in American Journal of Sociology.
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