Group interactions modulate critical mass dynamics in social convention

Group interactions modulate critical mass dynamics in social convention

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Critical mass dynamics, where a minority of committed individuals reaching a critical size Covers can overturn stable social conventions, is typically modelled by taking into account pairwise interactions only.Here, the White Kidney Bean authors generalise the Naming Game model to higher-order social interactions, and show both numerically and analytically how the interplay of local interactions and group size influences global social outcomes.