fad

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  • Haiti earthquake of 2010: search and rescue
    In collective behaviour: Fads

    It is tempting to explain fads on the basis of a single motive such as prestige. Prestige is gained by being among the first and most adept at a skill that everyone else covets. That the skill fails as a source of prestige when…

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