Recall the famous hockey stick temperature graph that landed Penn State professor Michael Mann in hot water.

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Fortunately for Britain's publishers, the sales graph in America (and the state of the American psyche) suggests that that is not a serious danger.

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And unlike an open social network, where everyone is equal, NationalField runs on a hierarchical social graph: Higher-level staff get a broader view of the state and local work below them.

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