We are all, on average, only three and a half degrees of separation from anyone else on the planet, thanks in large part to the role social media plays in our lives. The company found that despite the fact that over the last twenty years or so the population of the planet has increased – we are now closer to each other than ever before. ![]() Recently, the numbers were studied again – this time by Facebook, using its own platform. That’s right, we’re all only six people removed from everyone else on the planet. ![]() What this means is that that when you are connected to all the people you know, and they are connected to all the people they know, and so on, you are inevitably linked – through your own network of friends, and friends of friends - to such notable figures as the President of the United States, a Kardashian, football star Tom Brady, or Senator Marco Rubio. Now, Facebook is concluding we could be even more connected to each other – by as little as 3.5 degrees. The theory was born: we are all only “six degrees of separation” from him, or anyone else, on the planet. ![]() ![]() Most of us have heard the term “six degrees of separation,” made famous first by the sociology study in the 1960’s, and later in the nineties through references to Kevin Bacon’s prolific acting career.
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