The human brain was optimized for:

• Gossip in tribes of 150
• Tracking berries vs. poison berries
• Running from tigers

Now we use it to argue online with strangers about macroeconomic policy.

Evolution’s patch notes are a mess.

@Daojoan but that Dunbar number remains. Because it's not a cognitive limit, but a social limit. My rule is 7, 21 and 210.