Why? If the field is looking at a fundamental problem, then it&#x27;s basically true. Linear Algebra, for example, could claim legitimately having had major impact in brain dynamics, quantum technologies, and quantum gravity almost trivially given the sheer ubiquity of linear transformations.<p>Likewise, the sheer ubiquity of networks (essentially, that just means graphs that change with time) in all sorts of problem domains makes understanding them, and improving the theoretical tools to model them, a win for all of them. It&#x27;s really not that controversial of a statement.<p>It&#x27;s like hashtables, once you know about them, they&#x27;re a fundamental data structure you use everywhere.