social structure
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A recent paper in Science by Harvard University economist Amanda Pallais found that fully remote work sharply changes the social structure of the workday by removing opportunities to interact with other people.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026
They examined factors including tool use, diet, habitat, body size, social structure, brain size, and movement patterns.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Rational choices within families result in the Great Decompression, with deep consequences for the nation’s social structure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The law stipulates that under the "right to self-identity", settlements are entitled to protect and preserve their "social structure".
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
The culture of possibility that Daisy Ford embraced and put to use so brilliantly on behalf of her daughters was passed on to her by the peculiarities of the West Indian social structure.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
