Apr

16

2005

A letter from Columbia University. Take it and spread the word!

Hi,
A while ago you participated in an on-line project to test the small world hypothesis — the idea that people are connected by only six degrees of separation.
Some of the results from that project have been published in the journal Science. You can download a copy of the results here, http://smallworld.columbia.edu/results.html
Now we have another project that we think you might enjoy. This one tries to understand how people form their musical tastes. If you participate you will have a chance to discover and download cool new music. It’s legal and totally free.
Check it out: http://www.musiclab.columbia.edu/me/enter
Thanks,
Duncan Watts
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

Apr

1

2005

I use Google. I wear Google. I talk Google. Now I (will) gulp it!
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