6 Tweets Away

A few days ago something happened to me that I had not thought I was going to achieve thanks to Twitter, in the purest style of the theory of 6 degrees of separation, which postulates that all people in the world are 6 people "away" from each other, I was able to indirectly communicate with someone who had never dreamed of communicating.

For several months now I have been very interested in science books in general, reading different authors such as Feynman, Sagan and Dawkins. Lately I've been wanting to start reading Michio Kaku (a theoretical physicist).

Although Michio Kaku has an account on Twitter (@MichioKaku), he uses it mainly to promote his books and conferences, so he does not interact with other users, so I could not ask him in this way to recommend a book of his.

I asked my followers if they could recommend any books to start reading Kaku's theories, since he particularly has MANY published books enough to choose just one.

In a short time, Marina García answered me (@mgmya), commenting that Jeffery Byrd (@JefferyByrd), a performance artist, is sitting next to Michio Kaku on a plane bound for New York.

Basically a few minutes before Jeffery Byrd had tweeted this:

Seeing the fact that @JefferyByrd He was in a good mood and even joked about the jacket, from the excitement I decide to write him a poorly worded tweet so that he asks Kaku directly which book he would recommend to someone who is interested in starting to read his theories.

In a short time he answers me this !!!

Then I thanked both Marina and Jeffery and Kaku for the good vibes.

In this case the chain of connections was simple and short: Guille -> Marina -> Jeffery -> Michio Kaku.

What will be the average chain length today? Will it still be approximately 6 people or will the gap have been reduced?

Imagine something in which you are VERY interested (sports, cinema or maybe music?) And now imagine that with a little luck and a few tweets you can communicate with someone recognized worldwide in that matter, at least to ask a simple question .

What would you ask? ;).