When everyone has perfect information, traffic jams simply spread onto the side roads that seem to offer a way around them.

当每个人都掌握完美的信息时，交通堵塞就会蔓延至旁边的道路，而这些道路似乎本是为其提供通路的。

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While your friends and family might share information on social media in the hopes of helping others, it's common for rumors to spread in this way.

虽然你的朋友和家人可能会在社交媒体上分享信息，希望能帮助他人，但谣言往往会以这种方式传播。

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You might think that Twitter is a great way to spread important information quickly, including perhaps emergency notifications.

你或许认为Twitter是快速传播重要信息的一种绝妙方式，其中包括传播紧急通知。

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Every time men found a speedier way to spread information to each other, government made it illegal.

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On a call with reporters on Tuesday, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said Obama is doing this in recognition of the new way that information is spread.

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Apparently when Twitter really arrived on the scene as a popular social media zeitgeist, while most people saw it as a way to spread information, researchers saw it as an opportunity for lots of free data.

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