The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 08/09 at 1pm PDT

Geoffrey West, "Scale" (2017) wrote:

"Much of the work that my colleagues and I have been involved in ...
could be described as social physics, although it is not a term
any of uses with ease. Ironically, it has been picked up
primarily by computer scientists, who are neither social
scientists or physicists, to describe their analysis of huge data
sets on social interactions. As they characterize it: 'Social
Physics is a new way of understanding human behavior based on
analysis of Big Data.' While this body of research is very
interesting, it is probably safe to say that few physicists would
recognize it as 'physics,' primarily because it does not focus on
underlying principles, general laws, mathematical analyses, and
mechanistic explanations."

Embedded quote from: Alex Pentland, "Social Physics: How Good Ideas
Spread-- The Lessons from a New Science" (2014)

The Raku Study Group

Sunday August 9th, 2026 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK

An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got,
ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk.

Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku,

Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86987426788?pwd=MpJEnO4sbd1gDwFxVTKSBaM6NduD6j.1

Passcode: 4RakuRoll

Information about upcoming meetings can always be found here:

https://github.com/doomvox/raku-study/blob/main/README.md