Newsletter 3 (09/06/25)

What I've been into this week:

• The 6 handshakes theory

  

  Okay so if you've ever talked to me then you know that I've been obsessed with this idea since way before this week, but last monday I found out I'm 3 handshakes away from Hayao Miyazaki (which makes all of you 4 handshakes away btw) because one of my friend has had a super famous brother all along. For those who are not familiar, the 6 handshakes theory is defined bywikipedia as "Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of "friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps". So if I know my friend who knows their brother who knows Miyazaki, that's 3 handshakes!! I think the beauty of this rule lays in the fact that once you know it, it always comes up in your brain everytime someone mentions knowing someone. So if any of you knows somebody who knows somebody famous, please let me know so I can add them to my list of people I'm connected to. In exchange, I can probably connect you to many international athletes from my brother who works for major sport events...

• Crossing the continent by train

  The nerdiest thing about me is definitely how much I love trains. Like I genuinely believe nothing is nicer in this world than watching beautiful scenery unfold through a train window with your headphones on. This week I traveled 2300kms by train, including 2 night trains in a row which means I had to clean myself by swimming in the adriatic sea during a layover. I guess there are worse ways to live.

That's all for this week, friends! I hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter, feel free to send me thoughts and stuff if you'd like!!
I'll see you next week,
Axl :)