8th May 2009

Six Degrees of Separation

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The above BBC documentary examines the urban myth that everyone on earth is connected to everyone else in just a few steps of association. However, this is no myth. The proof comes from network theory, a new science with implications for everything from cancer research to pandemic control.

Sadly, the BBC’s experiment went pear shaped. Forty envelopes were given to people around the world with the instruction they had to pass it to someone they knew by their first name to someone (etc) who knew the addressee. However, only three packets made it.

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  1. 1 On May 30th, 2009, Film: Connected - The power of the six degrees - Ambtenaar 2.0 netwerk said:

    [...] Ben ook geïnspireerd door deze film. Een collega attendeerde mij erop nadat zij de film op de BBC had gezien. Een echte aanrader! Voor wie er 2 juni niet bij kan zijn hieronder twee sites: http://gephi.org/2008/how-kevin-bacon-cured-cancer/ of http://www.thewebpitch.com/videos/six-degrees-of-separation/ [...]

  2. 2 On June 2nd, 2009, Vivjan (Jan Krans) said:

    Gevonden: Six Degrees of Separation » The Web Pitch – A blog looking at Social Media, Web 2.0 and Marke.. http://tinyurl.com/qmdq8h

  3. 3 On June 2nd, 2009, ericputman (Eric Putman) said:

    inspirerende aanvulling op What The Bleep Do We Know @Vivjan … Six Degrees of Separation ….. http://tinyurl.com/qmdq8h – bedankt

  4. 4 On June 3rd, 2009, Ambtenaar 2.0 in Juni Verandermaand LNV | Ambtenaar 2.0 said:

    [...] BBC documentaire ‘Connected’, the power of six degrees. Hierin werd de rol van netwerken in de natuur en de samenleving toegelicht. De discussie na afloop richtte zich op hoe de overheid kan of moet omgaan met deze netwerken. In hoeverre is de eigen organisatie een knooppunt, en moet je er naar streven een rol te spelen in netwerken waar je nu afwezig bent? Voor wie het gemist heeft: http://www.thewebpitch.com/videos/six-degrees-of-separation/ [...]

  5. 5 On June 4th, 2009, TomV (Tom Verhoeve) said:

    Site! Six Degrees of Separation: This BBC documentary examines the urban myth that everyone on earth is con.. http://tinyurl.com/qmdq8h

  6. 6 On June 4th, 2009, martijnschouten (Martijn Schouten) said:

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  7. 7 On June 5th, 2009, Topic: Onderzoek - MyBlogLog said:

    [...] | Topics: Algemeen, Buitenland &…, Medische…, Nieuwe…   TomV bookmarked a link Six Degrees of SeparationThis BBC documentary examines the urban myth that everyone on earth is connected to everyone else in [...]

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