But deep cultural patterns of mass behavior are at work.

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By tracking what sites are where--and who goes there--Alexa gleans insight into mass consumer behavior.

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LaKind and Goodman wrote they excluded survey respondents who omitted their age, body mass, smoking behavior or other variables to keep the data consistent.

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The big question, notes Martingale, is whether enough consumers can be attracted or pushed into such plans to achieve "critical mass" and influence providers' behavior too.

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In documents released in March, it was revealed that Arizona mass shooter Jared Loughner's behavior was so disturbing that his father confiscated his shotgun and disabled his car every night to keep him home in the months leading up to the rampage.

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All week I'd think of the conversation I'd have with my parents the following Sunday after church, collecting imagined victories, social engagements, popularity, good behavior, although I had not told them I was going to Mass every Sunday or how little I missed the long silence of Quaker Meeting, only that noon was the best time for them to call.

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