Any movie buff worth their salt knows the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game. But this entertaining activity is more than it seems. In our fast-moving, interconnected world, the six degrees of connection is rapidly shrinking to…well, that’s what we’re going to find out. Just how close are we?

Previously an Ignite 1 speaker, Ali Schwanke is a marketer, entrepreneur, and founder of Simple Strat, and one of the original founding members of Ignite Lincoln.