Dec
22
I know this is totally not "Christmas-y" but nonetheless, I find it insanely interesting.Have you ever heard of the 6 Degrees of Separation? Let me explain: someone has determined that through a string of six different people, we are all connected to everyone. Confused yet? Think of it as the epitome of "I know a friend who knows a guy who knows Bradd Pitt."
Here's the jist of it... "Six degrees of separation (also referred to as the "Human Web") refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth." It was adapted from an idea presented in a play:
John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation...
Main articles: Six Degrees of Separation (play) and Six Degrees of Separation (film)
American playwright, John Guare, wrote a play in 1990, and later released a film in 1993 that popularized it. It is Guare's most widely-known work.
The play ruminates upon the idea that any two individuals are connected by at most five others. As one of the characters states,
"I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it A) extremely comforting that we're so close, and B) like
Chinese water torture that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection... I am bound to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people."
So in essence, it's all about making the right connections! Here's an example that affects you, my self proclaimed "blog friends" :D
So in essence, it's all about making the right connections! Here's an example that affects you, my self proclaimed "blog friends" :D
You >> Read my blog >> I work with a girl >> Whose parents know a woman >> Who is the producer for Oprah's show >> Who is bff's with Oprah herself.
Basically, we are ALL CONNECTED via a network of 6 random people we know who knows a person who knows a person.... etc. Is this concept not crazy weird?? I find myself thinking about it...
It's kind of the embodiment of "facebook's People You May Know" idea. I can't tell you how many times someone has friend requested me and I'm like "WHOA! How do you know this person?? Small world!"
.... and that, blog friends, is my food for thought!
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