Veritasium shares a fascinating look at the beautiful math behind six degrees of separation. Our networks shape us, but our actions shape the networks so choose both wisely. I am two degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon thanks to knowing Mike Strobl, the Marine Officer Kevin portrayed in the film “Taking Chance”. We live in a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. To play around with the simulations in the video, you can follow these links: Network Disease Spreading and Preferential attachment