It could help silence the critics who believe Facebook and the rest are nothing more than places for kids to waste their time. Maybe it is time to revisit Milgram’s study in a more robust way. But the study does underscore something we all know:more so than ever before, everyone is connected (even if it is only tangentially). And anyone who has a LinkedIn account knows that it is still easy to find plenty of people who are more than three degrees away from you. It should be noted that the research is not the epitome of a real scientific study-O2 paid for it, after all. “What the study has brought to light is that the way we now interact means it’s never been easier to make connections and build networks of contacts,” Rodrigues said in an interview. Text messaging was also mentioned as an important component in reducing degrees of separation. But for those in the younger generation, Facebook was the main factor. But in today’s world of social networking, links between strangers are closer than in Milgram’s day.Īccording to Jeff Rodrigues, a social networking specialist that carried out the study, 97 percent of the participants said they felt more connected to people today than they ever have in the past and for older respondents, email and mobile phones were the key factors in reducing the degrees of separation. Stanley Milgram originally coined the term “six degrees of separation” in 1967 to show that everyone in the modern world was capable of connecting to another by linking people and interests. By linking their shared interests, the participants were able to connect to that person in three person-to-person links. With thanks to our sponsor authors, in order: Vincenzo Cerami, Chinua Achebe, Jane Austen, John Clanchy, Dymphna Cusack, and Suzanne Edgar.O2 asked adults across three different age groups - 18-25, 35-45, 55+ - to make contact with random strangers from areas all across the globe using only personal connections. How good is that!Īnyhow, as you will all be aware, we have hit the silly season, and time is short – for me to write posts and you to read them – so this month I’m doing a title-based “poem”, again. Wharton also created one of my all-time favourite female character names, Undine Spragg ( The custom of the country). I’ve reviewed a couple of her short pieces on my blog. I tried implementing the solution SQL query 6 degrees of separation for network analysis using recursive CTE but I don't think I've applied it properly. At most, I'd like to output up to 10 degrees, and after that ignore any connections. I read this book in 1991, and loved it (gut-wrenching though it is.) It started me on a Wharton reading journey that I am still on because, not only did she write many novels, but she was also a prolific short story writer and journalist. In this case, Tom Cruise was 2 degrees away from Robert Downey Jr, with Robert Durvall connecting them. We start with the book chosen by Kate, and this month it’s Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome.
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