Everything Is Obvious_ _Once You Know the Answer - Duncan J. Watts [119]
During my Columbia years, my research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (SES-0094162 and SES-0339023), the James S. McDonnell Foundation, and Legg Mason Funds, while the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, directed by Peter Bearman, provided valuable administrative support and office space. Without these organizations, much of the research described in this book would have been impossible. Subsequently, I’ve also benefited from visiting appointments at Nuffield College, Oxford, which generously hosted me for a two-month sabbatical in 2007, and the Santa Fe Institute—my intellectual home away from home—where I spent a few weeks per summer in 2008 and 2009. Without these critical breaks from my usual routine, it’s unlikely I would have been able to complete such a long writing project, and I’m grateful to Peter Hedstrom at Nuffield and Geoffrey West and Chris Wood at SFI for their support in arranging these visits.
Finally, I’m grateful to a number of people who have helped me realize this book directly. Roger Scholl, my editor at Crown, proved equally adept both as a cheerleader and a coach, frequently restoring my enthusiasm during the long slog of editing while also steering me clear of numerous traps of my own making. Suzanne Gluck and Eric Lupfer, my agents at William Morris Endeavor, helped immensely in putting together the original proposal and provided valuable input throughout the writing process. Sharad Goel, Dan Goldstein, Victoria Johnson, Michael Mauboussin, Tom McCarthy, Scott Page, and Chuck Sabel were all generous enough to read early drafts of the book, correcting numerous errors and oversights in the process. And to my friends and family, who tolerated years of whining about “the book,” thanks for your forbearance. I know I haven’t been the best at explaining what all the fuss has been about, but I hope it will be clear now. Maybe even obvious …
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