Six Degrees of Me

The hidden chain between any two parts of your life

Find the hidden connections between any two seemingly unrelated parts of your life. Your college major and your career, your childhood hobby and your friend group, your biggest fear and your favorite food. The chain is always there -- you just can't see it yet.

Overview

Everything in your life is connected by threads you've never noticed. This tool traces the chain between any two things -- your philosophy degree and your coding career, your fear of flying and your love of sushi. Build a profile once, then play endlessly.

How to use it

  1. Fill in your About Me profile (once -- it persists and makes every chain richer)
  2. Type any two things from your life into Thing A and Thing B
  3. Hit 'Find the Chain' and see the hidden connections
  4. Try 'Flip It' to trace the reverse path -- different route, different insight
  5. Use 'Surprise me' for random pair starters to get ideas

Example

Scenario: You studied philosophy in college and now you write software for a living. These feel completely unrelated.

What you do: Thing A: 'My philosophy degree', Thing B: 'My career in software'. Profile includes: schools, jobs, interests.

Result: 4-degree chain: Philosophy degree -> trained you to decompose arguments into logical premises -> you instinctively started modeling everything as boolean conditions -> your first 'program' was a decision tree you drew for a philosophy paper -> software engineering. Insight: You didn't change careers -- you just found a field that pays you for the same skill philosophy taught you for free.

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