Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are explores the beautiful math behind six degrees of separation: starting with Watts–Strogatz’s small-world model, network shortcuts and the strength of weak ties, then moving on to how diseases can spread almost instantly across our social web. It even covers Barabási–Albert’s idea of network hubs and preferential attachment, plus a fun detour into the Prisoner’s Dilemma to show how our choices ripple out.
Along the way you get hands-on simulations, book recs, and the big takeaway that tiny changes in your behavior can have a huge global impact—proof that even the smallest link in a network can make all the difference.
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