Comments on: Six Degrees of Separation 2.0 and Product Development 2.0 http://venkat.techprotocol.in/tech/2008/04/28/six-degrees-of-separation-20-and-product-development-20/ Venkat's Blog. Research. Innovation. Technology. Business. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:33:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kib lal http://venkat.techprotocol.in/tech/2008/04/28/six-degrees-of-separation-20-and-product-development-20/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Kib lal Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:09:26 +0000 http://venkat.techprotocol.in/tech/2008/04/28/six-degrees-of-separation-20-and-product-development-20/#comment-98 It\'s easy to be astonished by the concept that me and G.W.Bush are connected by just 6 intermediates(Though I am not thrilled about being associated with that man in anyway), but it can be easily explained but the mathematical statistics and a few back of the envelope calculations . The average person(Person A) knows about 300 people on a first name basis. Lets suppose Person B, who is among Person A\'s 300, has 150 exclusive contacts that are not in Person A\'s 300 nodes. And every person in the chain similarly has 150 exclusive contacts. So by the time you get to person F you have 150^6=11390625000000. And the world has only 6.5 billion people! It\'s a small world after all. Real small. It\’s easy to be astonished by the concept that me and G.W.Bush are connected by just 6 intermediates(Though I am not thrilled about being associated with that man in anyway), but it can be easily explained but the mathematical statistics and a few back of the envelope calculations .

The average person(Person A) knows about 300 people on a first name basis. Lets suppose Person B, who is among Person A\’s 300, has 150 exclusive contacts that are not in Person A\’s 300 nodes. And every person in the chain similarly has 150 exclusive contacts. So by the time you get to person F you have 150^6=11390625000000. And the world has only 6.5 billion people! It\’s a small world after all. Real small.

]]> By: virk http://venkat.techprotocol.in/tech/2008/04/28/six-degrees-of-separation-20-and-product-development-20/comment-page-1/#comment-48 virk Thu, 22 May 2008 19:49:14 +0000 http://venkat.techprotocol.in/tech/2008/04/28/six-degrees-of-separation-20-and-product-development-20/#comment-48 Very interesting and informative post. It gave me new perspective how social networks can be used in corporate settings. Excellent read! Very interesting and informative post. It gave me new perspective how social networks can be used in corporate settings. Excellent read!

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