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Cushman Blog Talk 2008
Reed's Law states that the number of potential subgroups within a network grows exponentially based on the number of participants, according to the formula 2^n - n - 1, where n is the number of participants. The document also discusses Sarnoff's Law, which asserts that a network's value grows linearly with the number of viewers, and Metcalfe's Law, which claims a network's value grows with the square of the number of nodes. The document ponders how these laws impact the demand curve for networks and their long-term growth.
Cushman Blog Talk 2008
- 1. Reed’s Law andthe demand curve David Cushman EMAP
- 2. What is Reed’sLaw? … where n is the number of participants . The number of possible sub-groups of network participants is 2 n - n -1
- 3. Sarnoff’s Law Thevalue of the network grows in proportion to the number of viewers.
- 4. Metcalfe’s Law Networkgrows in proportion to the number of nodes on the network (n squared).
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- 6. “ I ammade greater by the sum of my connections – so are my connections ” Stowe Boyd
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- 11. I am partof a community , therefore I am
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- 13. The edglings wantmore! The edglings want more
- 14. An adjustment? 2n(x) - n -1
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- 16. Because we’re morethan ‘N’ We are more than just ‘n’
- 17. So what aboutthe demand curve?
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- 19. The Long Tailgets a little longer
- 20. Join the conversation…FasterFuture.blogspot.com
Editor's Notes
- #2 Reed’s Law or Group Forming Network Theory as Dr David P Reed* originally and rather modestly called it, is the mathematical explanation for the power of the network. It’s breathtakingly simple, easy to understand and enormously enlightening. I hope to explain it a little and add some more recent understandings of the collaborative power of networks which I hope will make sense of and give context to the exponential.