Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are

A huge thank you to:
Duncan Watts, for creating the small-world model that inspired this video and expanding on his further work; Steve Strogatz, for telling the story with such clarity & humour; Albert-László Barabási, for revealing the the inevitability and impact of hubs; Mark Buchanan, for his insightful takeaways that pulled it all together.

Check out Duncan Watts’ books here - https://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Sc...
Check out Mark Buchanan’s book here - https://ve42.co/bookNexusWorlds

Chapters:
0:00 What is six degrees of separation?
4:23 Network Shortcuts
7:11 The Strength of Weak Ties
8:20 Proving it’s a small world
10:39 How quickly can disease spread?
12:36 Strogatz goes viral
16:59 What is a network hub?
18:23 Preferential Attachment
23:38 The Prisoner’s Dilemma
28:22 Your behavior can change the world’s