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user-inactivated  ·  4320 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dunbar's number: 150. The number of people we can share meaningful relationships with.

Wow, this is exactly what I wanted to know.

I guess the further question I have is ... I'm not sure Dunbar's number holds up to humans nowadays? How could it? When we were hunter/gatherer communities (or w/e the PC term is now), I guess the same concept held true -- ecological selection against large groups, like with other primates -- but now surely this is outdated .... Not sure I'm making sense.

In other words the rule seems to me to have more to do with practicality (which has been obviated now by technological increases and lifestyle changes) than with an inherent limitation on ourselves. Maybe. I'd love an answer to that any time you have a moment, but seriously no hurry.