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Six degrees of separation doesn't mean that everyone is linked to everyone else in just six steps. it means that a very small number of people are linked to everyone else in a few steps, and the rest of us are linked to the world through those special few.
-Malcolm Gladwell
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Six Degrees Of Separation Doesn't Mean That

Malcolm Gladwell
Six degrees of separation doesn't mean that everyone is linked to everyone else in just six steps. it means that a very small number of people are linked to everyone else in a few steps, and the rest of us are linked to the world through those special few.
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