This is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures-our human networks-shape how exactly we think and behave, and inform our extremely outlook on life. Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only several crucial phenomena powered from the inevitability of cultural structures. Social constructions determine that has power and influence, account for why people neglect to assimilate simple details, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion-from the pass on of disease to monetary crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, individual networks are often overlooked whenever we try to account for our most important political and financial procedures. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks where we are-often unwittingly-positioned and goals to facilitate a deeper understanding of why we are who we are. Ranging across disciplines-psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and business-and wealthy with historic analogies and anecdotes, The Human Network offers a galvanizing account of what can drive success or failure in life.