Aug 02 2008
6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon Has Been Proven
According to a new study, researchers have concluded, “With records of 30 billion electronic conversations among 180 million people from around the world, researchers have concluded that any two people on average are distanced by just 6.6 degrees of separation, meaning that they could be linked by a string of seven or fewer acquaintances.” The full article can be found here.
So what’s the impact? Well, in today’s world of social networks, blogs, and the “power of the consumer” we need to be a little bit smarter about the things we say and to whom. You never know if ther person you’re yelling at on a message board is related to the person you’ll be interviewing with tomorrow 
Seriously. Shouldn’t this be common sense? Treat people how you’d like to be treated. Simple, right? Well, if you needed another reason to be mindful of what you say, how you say it, and who you say it to, you now have one.
