Emergence of innovations in networked populations with reputation-driven interactions

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Hauptverfasser: Gallarta-Sáenz, Pablo, Pérez-Martínez, Hugo, Gómez-Gardeñes, Jesús
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author Gallarta-Sáenz, Pablo
Pérez-Martínez, Hugo
Gómez-Gardeñes, Jesús
author_facet Gallarta-Sáenz, Pablo
Pérez-Martínez, Hugo
Gómez-Gardeñes, Jesús
contents In this work we analyze how reputation-based interactions influence the emergence of innovations. To do so, we make use of a dynamic model that mimics the discovery process by which, at each time step, a pair of individuals meet and merge their knowledge to eventually result in a novel technology of higher value. The way in which these pairs are brought together is found to be crucial for achieving the highest technological level. Our results show that when the influence of reputation is weak or moderate, it induces an acceleration of the discovery process with respect to the neutral case (purely random coupling). However, an excess of reputation is clearly detrimental, because it leads to an excessive concentration of knowledge in a small set of people, which prevents a diversification of the technologies discovered and, in addition, leads to societies in which a majority of individuals lack technical capabilities.
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spellingShingle Emergence of innovations in networked populations with reputation-driven interactions
Gallarta-Sáenz, Pablo
Pérez-Martínez, Hugo
Gómez-Gardeñes, Jesús
Physics and Society
In this work we analyze how reputation-based interactions influence the emergence of innovations. To do so, we make use of a dynamic model that mimics the discovery process by which, at each time step, a pair of individuals meet and merge their knowledge to eventually result in a novel technology of higher value. The way in which these pairs are brought together is found to be crucial for achieving the highest technological level. Our results show that when the influence of reputation is weak or moderate, it induces an acceleration of the discovery process with respect to the neutral case (purely random coupling). However, an excess of reputation is clearly detrimental, because it leads to an excessive concentration of knowledge in a small set of people, which prevents a diversification of the technologies discovered and, in addition, leads to societies in which a majority of individuals lack technical capabilities.
title Emergence of innovations in networked populations with reputation-driven interactions
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01812