David Nadas

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Understanding Social Contagion: From Dancing to TikTok Tics to cultural divide

February 25, 2026

The Dancing Plague of 1518 was perhaps the most famous social contagion in history. It occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire). A woman named Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to dance fanatically. She couldn’t stop and for days some 400 people had joined her. Dancing until they…
Visualizing Drug Side Effects: Rethinking Pharma Ads

February 22, 2026

I have a solution to Big Pharma Advertising, where they rip through the possible side effects so fast you can’t possibly take it in–under the cover of happy dancing actors on beautiful green lawns, dressed in the colors of the pills they swallow. Post an image at the end of the commercial instead of rattling…