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Driessen bookmarked on 2009-11-02 socialnetworking community communication email collaboration

A.o. about the Dunbar number

  • The asymmetrical and casual nature of social networks is allowing humans to engage in what Robin Dunbar has termed “social grooming” with increasingly larger groups — without investing increasingly larger amounts of time.
  • Dunbar argues that the number of people with whom humans can maintain a relationship is a function of neocortical size.
  • Over the past decade I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of people with whom I stay connected, yet the time I spend on these activities hasn’t increased one bit. It seems like electronic communications and social networks are increasing Dunbar’s Number such that it’s now somewhat divorced from neocortical size.

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  • 02 Nov 09
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    Driessen Samuel

    A.o. about the Dunbar number

    socialnetworking community communication email collaboration

    • The asymmetrical and casual nature of social networks is allowing humans to engage in what Robin Dunbar has termed “social grooming” with increasingly larger groups — without investing increasingly larger amounts of time.
    • Dunbar argues that the number of people with whom humans can maintain a relationship is a function of neocortical size.
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