I often see two people I'm following for completely different reasons interact with each other. I've come to the conclusion that the entire world has only a few hundred people in it, and everyone knows everyone else.
Never thought it might have anything to do with me being a mutual follower.
Dunbar’s Number: Why the Theory That Humans Can Only Maintain 150 Friendships Has Withstood 30 Years of Scrutiny - Neuroscience News
"Thirty years ago, Robin Dunbar theorized humans can maintain a friendship group of 150 people, with five intimate friendships. Despite many attempts to challenge the theory, Dunbar's Number has stood the test of time. Backed by neuroscience and statistics, Robin Dunbar explains why his theory still prevails."
Civilized Hunters As hairless upright apes, the human brain evolved to its current capabilities between 100,000 to 30,000 years ago. Roaming bands of hunter-gatherers eventually settled down into agricultural-based civilizations. This conflict is embedded in the story of Cain killing Abel, or of t
We are so far past #DunbarsNumber, we’ve cracked the #technostructures of #NetworkedSociety.
https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/11/everything-everywhere-allatonceness/
Today in my weekly really large #SAFeAgileFramework cross ART alignment meeting with many people.
Again three new teams.
Very short introduction of the new teams with the usual superhero and/or pet names.
Inbetween someone asks if each team can simply say what system component they do.
So true. I am always mixing team and components, forgetting who does what. Sure it is written somewhere in Confluence.
Dunbar was an anthropologist, not a neuroanatomy researcher, and Dunbar's Number was an ethnographical observation, not a biological one.
"Your social life has a biological limit: 150. That’s the number—Dunbar’s number, proposed by the British psychologist Robin Dunbar three decades ago—of people with whom you can have meaningful relationships."
#IanBogost, 2021
That's your opening? Not off too a great start there Ian.
@sam_liban , gern.
Abschließend noch ein kurzer Selbsttest: Wie viele Menschen in Deinem direkten familiären, privaten und beruflichen Umfeld - also maximal #DunbarsNumber - leben Deiner Meinung nach in einer verengten Bubble?
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