Please note: as this is my 1st article try, you might want to comment a lot & any comments are much appreciated but I like them in a constructive way! :) P.S.: Connect with me using: if you are interested in the power of 6 degrees of separation. With Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen. Thank you for reading my 1st note on LinkedIn! Six degrees of separation is the idea that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has. Six Degrees of Separation: Directed by Fred Schepisi. Hope this describes a bit of the reason why I am open to new connections and that is coming from the "Power of Six Degrees of Separation". However, if you connect the 1st to 5th degree of connections, you could reach the 6th-degree person. if you dont know what it is heres a quick wiki explanation ive found: Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six, or fewer, social. In the initial stage, you would not imagine that you know the 6th-degree person. Boasting dazzling dialogue and stellar supporting performances from Ian McKellen, Anthony Michael Hall and more, Six Degrees of Separation is a piercing. Perhaps, the best way to tackle this 6 degrees of separation is to assume that EVERYONE we meet, whether it be by email, phone, in person or across the social platforms, knows someone we know. I just tried to illustrate the idea in the top banner on this note.įollowing the references of the great two people (Frigyes Karninthy and John Guare), let's say you are "Arnold", then the six degrees would be something like this 1st degree of your connection: Richard (from Arnold) Six degrees of separation is the theory that we are 6 handshakes away from meeting another person anywhere in the world. In short, a chain of "friend of a friend" enables to connect any two people in up to six steps. This idea was originally proposed by Frigyes Karinthy (1929) and promoted by John Guare (1990). The idea is to tell that all people on average are six social connections away from each other.