TL;DR
Ever wondered why you’re only a few handshakes away from anyone on Earth? This video dives into the “six degrees of separation” phenomenon, showing how tiny shortcuts and those “weak ties” in your social network can turn any sprawling web of connections into a super-short path. We meet Duncan Watts’ small-world model, see Steve Strogatz explain it with a smile, and tag along as Albert-László Barabási reveals why big hubs are basically inevitable in any network.
Beyond mind-bending theory, you’ll get a front-row seat to simulations of disease outbreaks, watch how preferential attachment sprouts those mega-connected nodes, and even tackle the Prisoner’s Dilemma to see how your choices can change the world’s network—you might just be one link away from shifting the whole game.
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