63 The “Strong Tie” Group Size Limit is 150 People
You have people who you follow on your social media accounts, and people who follow you. Then there are the colleagues you work with, people you know from community organizations like schools and churches, your personal friends, and your family members. How many people are in your network overall?
Dunbar’s Number
Evolutionary anthropologists study social groups in animals. One question they have been trying to answer is whether there is a limit on how many individuals different species can have in their social group. Robin Dunbar (1998) studied different species of animals. He wanted to know if there was a relationship between brain size (specifically the neocortex) and the number of stable ...
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