Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Six Degrees of Separation

"Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person he or she knows and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people he or she knows, then everyone is an average of six "steps" away from each person on Earth."

This is going to be like the two sides to an arguement.
While technology have brought the world closer together, the theory of the six degrees have probably been proven right.
But have the distance between people shrunk as well?

Technology one hand could have provided easier way for people to get to one another in terms of ability to communicate without having to be present physically in a meeting place. But considering that more than 90% of human communication lies in non-verbal commnication, isn't technology bringing down communication between people to a less effective level?

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