title: Alternative maps of the world of collective behaviors.
abstract: I compare the collective behavior map proposed by Bentley et al. ("BOB" for short) with a similar "balance of pressures" (BOP) map proposed by MacCoun (2012). The BOB and BOP maps have important points of convergence, but also some differences. The comparison suggests that they are analogous to different map "projections" for maps of Earth - different ways of simplifying a complex reality.
authors.affiliation: Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7320. maccoun@berkeley.edu http://conium.org/~maccoun/
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Maccoun
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D012919:Social Behavior; D060756:Social Networking