From: Six Degrees of Separation: How We're All Closer Than You Think
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The idea of six degrees of separation was popularized in culture by the 1990 play and 1993 film 'Six Degrees of Separation'.

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John Guare wrote a play inspired by the idea that everyone is connected by six steps or fewer. The 1993 film adaptation helped bring the concept into popular awareness. The story explores how people's lives are unexpectedly linked through these short social chains.

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