Metcalfe's Law
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This relationship, known as Metcalfe's law, is named after Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of the networking technology Ethernet. It describes the nonlinear growth in network value when nodes are connected to one another. His law oversimplifies reality since it assumes that every node (or telephone in this case) has the same value to the network and that every node may want to contact every other.
From
Chapter:
Becoming One with Nature
Section:
Harnessing A Chain Reaction
