The point of this game is that whoever gets to Public Enemy in less than two handshakes is very lucky, but in >3, very smart.
However even though we do not use content addressable references (ie mulithash-based) - we do want these references to be universal. Our software will break if our ids are not unique, and we seek to preserve content across time, and with the participation of any number of future authors.
The probability of going from any random point in the simplest database that could possibly work to the greatest American hip hop group of all time in one click is low: 2 out of 6,778,995.
The statistical probability of Ice-T being a guest on 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell me!' is a lot higher than the probability of clicking on 'Random Article' and getting the right page.