Yesterday I realized that I have friends in Syria. I actually already intuitively knew this, but I guess that I did not want to pay attention to it. You know about the theory of the “Six degrees of separation”? It is the theory that that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world. In this case, I find myself two steps away; I know someone who knows people in Syria.  It is therefore normal that I have friends in Syria. And this got me thinking…

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