The issue of connection has social factors and it's one answer that sociologists give for why it's good to go to Yale.

连接性这个问题是有社会因素的,社会学家给出过一个答案,为什么去耶鲁读大学是好事。

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Well, there are many factors, but one important factor is, the rise of the Internet has competed with -people used to buy The Wall Street Journal to get data like this.

其实有很多因素,但是最主要一点是,来自网络的竞争,人们过去买《华尔街日报》来获取这些数据

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