Six degrees of separation

Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It was originally set out by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 and popularized by a 1990 play written by John Guare.

Early conceptions

Shrinking world

Theories on optimal design of cities, city traffic flows, neighborhoods and demographics were in vogue after World War I. These conjectures were expanded in 1929 by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, who published a volume of short stories titled Everything is Different. One of these pieces was titled "Chains," or "Chain-Links." The story investigated in abstract, conceptual, and fictional terms many of the problems that would captivate future generations of mathematicians, sociologists, and physicists within the field of network theory. Due to technological advances in communications and travel, friendship networks could grow larger and span greater distances. In particular, Karinthy believed that the modern world was 'shrinking' due to this ever-increasing connectedness of human beings. He posited that despite great physical distances between the globe's individuals, the growing density of human networks made the actual social distance far smaller.

Six degrees (disambiguation)

Six degrees may refer to:

  • Six degrees of separation, the theory that anyone on earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries
  • Six degrees of freedom, motion in three-dimensional space, with three translation motions (up/down, left/right, forward/back) and three rotation motions (yaw, pitch, roll)
  • Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, a trivia game that requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible
  • SixDegrees.com, a social networking website from 1997 to 2001
  • SixDegrees.org, a social networking website intended to link people to charities
  • Six Degrees patent, covering patterns on which modern social networking is founded
  • Books

  • Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age, a science book by Duncan J. Watts, covering the application of network theory to sociology
  • Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, a book by Mark Lynas, about the impact each single degree increase in temperature could have on our planet over the next century
  • Six Degrees

    Six Degrees (or  ) is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation.

    It premiered on September 21, 2006, after Grey's Anatomy on ABC. The show was created by Raven Metzner and Stuart Zicherman. J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Thom Sherman serve as executive producers through their Bad Robot Productions banner. The pilot episode was directed by Rodrigo García. It is filmed on location in Manhattan and at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens, New York. The show's theme song, "Here Comes Now", was written and performed by Jakob Dylan.

    The series was shown in Canada on Global on Wednesday evenings prior to the American airings. It was due to air in early 2007 on ITV in the UK but didn't after it was cancelled by ABC. It finally made its debut on ITV on May 28, 2008 where all thirteen episodes were aired. It also aired in Australia on the Seven Network, where it premiered in 2007. It is currently airing in New Zealand on TV2. It was also aired in Turkey on Dizimax in 2007. It was aired to in Portugal on AXN and RTP2. It was (in 2009) resyndicated on RTP2.

    Podcasts:

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    Six Degrees

    by: Quireboys

    Six degrees of seperation
    There's a girl at Kings Cross station
    Wow, how did ya know?
    Ill gotten gains for all my sins
    Never thought I'd be where I am now
    How did you know this time
    Pack your bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
    Oh what a tangled web
    You've weaved yourself into a corner now
    Where will you go
    All the bitter sweet and twisted lies
    Finally caught you out
    Where will you go, this time
    Pack your bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
    Pack your bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
    I don't like anything about ya
    Coz I found out just in time
    That kinda evil look about ya
    Reminds me of wasted life
    Just go ya own way right now
    Pack ya bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
    Pack your bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
    Pack your bags and leave your troubles
    Walk away from all your worries
    Now, it's time to move on
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