Choose a starting point
A person, an organization, a place, or a cultural work can become an entry into the map. The next connection gives you a direction to explore.
06 / Connections-explorer websiteOpen explorer
6degrees↗
Start anywhere. Follow the connections.
People, ideas, places, inventions, companies, and culture—explored through the relationships between them.
Explore the project
Inside 6degrees
Curiosity has somewhere to go.
6degrees is a website built around connected curiosity. Begin with a subject, follow a relationship, and discover another place to go. The map gives those associations a visible shape.
A familiar name can become the beginning of an unfamiliar path. The experience is about seeing both individual relationships and the wider web they form.
Open 6degreesFollow the relationship
A link has meaning: collaboration, influence, adaptation, education, founding, and other kinds of association make different connections.
Trace a path
The website supports exploring routes between subjects, turning separate relationships into a connected journey.
Go furtherThere’s more
There’s more
inside.
Choose a chapter of 6degrees.
01 / A guide to exploringReading a connected world
A map is most useful when its connections tell you something. Start with the meaning of a relationship.
Explore this chapter
02 / Exploring the connectionsFollow a path through the map
Begin with one subject, or ask what lies between two. Each approach opens a different kind of discovery.
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03 / Curiosity with contextThe story behind a connection
The map reveals a relationship. The explanation is where that relationship becomes interesting.
Explore this chapterWhere the project stands
Open explorer
The working explorer is open at 6degrees.savepoint.live. Search the map, follow relationships, and trace a path between subjects. The full catalog search is available while its database service is online.