The conventional wisdom is that Kevin Bacon is the allencompassing center of Hollywood, so prolific that the game is a lot easier than if it were called the “Six Degrees of John Doe.”
However, Kevin Bacon is not the center of Hollywood. In fact, he never has been, and almost certainly never will be.
This data analysis and visualization from Owen Lacey at The Pudding is just marvelous. It took me about six tries, but I did finally guess who the real center of Hollywood was.
