We’re All in the Network of Time

kottke.org September 02, 2025 By Jason Kottke

The Network of Time is a project that links people together, in the style of six degrees of separation, by appearance together in photographs.

Every photo you take with someone else links you into the vast network of people caught together in images.

It’s a collage millions of pictures deep – every actor you’ve seen on screen, every politician you’ve seen in the news, almost everyone you’ve seen in a history textbook.

Network Of Time is the world’s first interactive snapshot of this network.

For instance, LeBron James can be linked to Joseph Stalin in just five photographs.

Network Time, Lebron to Stalin

James appears in a photo with Canadian broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos, who was photographed with former Canadian PM Jean Chrétien. Chrétien was in a photo with Queen Elizabeth II, who appeared in a photo with Winston Churchill, and Churchill was photographed with Stalin.

The Network of Time is conceptually adjacent to the Great Span.

Tags: Joseph Stalin · LeBron James · photography · time

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The Network of Time is a project that links people together, in the style of six degrees of separation, by appearance together in photographs.

Every photo you take with someone else links you into the vast network of people caught together in images.

It’s a collage millions of pictures deep – every actor you’ve seen on screen, every politician you’ve seen in the news, almost everyone you’ve seen in a history textbook.

Network Of Time is the world’s first interactive snapshot of this network.

For instance, LeBron James can be linked to Joseph Stalin in just five photographs.

Network Time, Lebron to Stalin

James appears in a photo with Canadian broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos, who was photographed with former Canadian PM Jean Chrétien. Chrétien was in a photo with Queen Elizabeth II, who appeared in a photo with Winston Churchill, and Churchill was photographed with Stalin.

The Network of Time is conceptually adjacent to the Great Span.

Tags: Joseph Stalin · LeBron James · photography · time

💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org

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