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Robin Dunbar did an interview to coincide with his new book, and there are surprising depths to Dunbar's Number that isn't normally picked up by commentators.Audio source: https://play.acast.com/s/intelligencesquared/thescienceoffriendship-withrobindunbarandhelenczerskiShare this clip on Twitter!swyx: [00:00:00] Something I also learned about the Dunbar number is that it's very tied to age. We don't always stay at. 150, we start with about one or two wishes, our parents then we get to about five with our closest friends. Then in our twenties and thirties, we  overshoot and go to about 200, 250 people. By our thirties that drops to 150. And then into our sixties and seventies, it continues to decline. And there's an age related dynamic to this which i didn't really appreciateHelen Czerski: [00:00:30] Albert wants to know about the correlation between age and the ability to form friendships. And what's, why is there a connection between age and new friendships? And he also, I assume it's, he says at the end, I've personally found there to be a negative correlation which is. Diplomatic, I guess.Robin Dunbar: [00:00:47] Yeah. So I used to getting very close to home to what happens to be age. Yes. So actually you can think of this really as a sort of arc that you start out at birth and it's an arc, which involves the circles. So we do seem to acquire the circles of friendship as complete circles, as it were over time and correspondingly, we lose them as we age, but th the arc looks something like this.You start out. With as in a core of about one and a half there, obviously your parents, as it were by about five, you can reach the five threshold. And then as you age, you can accrete the various layers as your social and cognitive skills developing, and you can handle them.They want, it seems to happen is in the late teenager, early twenties. You overshoot as it were, but they commonly get up to about in terms of face-to-face and meaningful friendships, roundabout 200, 250 people. And then it's by the thirties that will cut down and drop to about 150, which is the sort of, obviously there's various individuals vary around these numbers, but these are the average numbers from about the thirties through to.Perhaps the late sixties, it's very stable at about 150. And then you go into. This sort of period of terminal, I'm afraid decline from perhaps 65 70 onwards, where you gradually lose the layers and end up if you live long enough, backup one and a half. Again. Now that's a consequence of that end of losing people in your sort of layers dying, or maybe even moving away or becoming unavailable for other reasons.And. If you were in your 20 somethings or teenager, if somebody moved away like that, you would simply replace them with somebody else. You would go to the usual venues that, that, where you meet people and you would find somebody else to add in and replace the missing person. I think what happens when you get to all this, the general sense in the literature is w w.We've only done a small amount on on, on this aspect of it. Once you get to the older age, you just no longer have the motivation and the energy to get up and go to places where you're going to meet new people to fill out that. And also you're not sure what people. Talk about anymore, if they're younger than you or complete strangers who built up this cozy little world, which has been very stable in the latter decades of your life and you're embedded so much within that you're probably less well engaged with the wider community.Than you would be when you're younger. So you don't, you're not sure about going to, clubs or whatever, where you would stick out like a sore thumb anyway. And B you don't know how to ask or invite a conversation. What kind of conversation do you have? What do you want to talk about?Helen Czerski: [00:03:36] So it's  not that you can't form friendships. It's more that, there are a few opportunities and you're possibly a bit fussier about, that's anecdotal entirely, but I think people spot what they want in a friend. Yeah. Robin Dunbar: [00:03:48] Yeah. I think this is what happens in this. So the overshoot in, in the late teens, early twenties is that w we look at it as a younger people being careful shoppers, they're checking around all the supermarkets to see what's available out there in terms of the possibilities for finding good friends and romantic partners and all that kind of thing.And once they've had a look at what the market looks like, then they start to narrow down in their thirties because the other big thing that rather forces this. Narrowing down is if you reproduce and as all those who have young children will remember, babies and social life, absolutely incompatible.If it takes a long time to emerge from it.

Robin Dunbar did an interview to coincide with his new book, and there are surprising depths to Dunbar's Number that isn't normally picked up by commentators.Audio source: https://play.acast.com/s/intelligencesquared/thescienceoffriendship-withrobindunbarandhelenczerskiShare this clip on Twitter!swyx: [00:00:00] I think people who work in community and social networks think a lot about Dunbar's Number, and i was pretty surprised to hear Robin Dunbar actually talk about it recently so here's a clip from his recent interview:Helen Czerski: [00:00:12] Let's get onto the numbers a little bit.  There are these numbers that seem to be surprisingly robust. Tell us a little bit about the hierarchical structure on what those numbers are. Robin Dunbar: [00:00:21] If you look at how often people  talk with their friends and extended family, what you find is. That you can string everybody out from the person who devote most time to the person who devote less time to, but actually it's not a sort of simple line of declining contact.It's rather bumpy. And those bumps occur in various specific. Places which cause your social network, the sort of collection of friends and extended family, you have to look like a set of ripples on a pond. If you like, where a stone has been thrown. If you think of yourself as the stone, right in the center, you're surrounded by these ripples, which go further and further out.And in fact the analogy is quite good because the inner most ripples are usually a bit higher than the outer, most ripples of getting towards flat as the energy dissipates. So the inner most layer, or the ones you devote most time to, in fact, you devote 40% of your total social effort to that inner core of just five people.And then beyond that, you titrate your time, according to the value of the relationships in many ways. And you end up with these quite distinct layers and the layers count cumulatively you see. So each layer includes the layer inside it, but there  technically one and a half, right in the center, five, 15, 50, 150.And then they extend beyond that 150 is your sort of natural social networks, but they extend beyond to 500, 1500, 5,000. That's the largest circle we know anything about. And it really seems to differentiate between. Completely anonymous people, people you've seen before somewhere, or you recognize the photo, but it's probably as much as we can actually cope with, but those layers, we pick them up.Not only in face-to-face interactions, we pick them up in telephone databases, if you look at how often people phone each other. You can see it in Facebook, if you look at the frequency with which people post to named individuals. We've even picked it up on Twitter. Pretty much anything you look at. If you look at the structure of organizations, the structure of natural groupings of humans, you see the same layers.They're extremely robust.swyx: [00:02:32] There's an implication here of how Dunbar communities form an us versus them approach. And Robin Dunbar actually proposes that there are some ways in which we find connection across very, very large groups.Helen Czerski: [00:02:43] You can't just have a group that gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Eventually it'll split into two groups. And even you say, around the dinner table, if you have eight people, it tends to split into two groups.There's a lot of what feels like tribalism to me in society is a lot of us. And then you're all a lot or you're there a lot and a lot of people and I have to confess I'm one of them would just, wouldn't it be nice if everyone just stopped being in a tribe and just all got on, is that is nine nice that LIDAR of everyone.Not belonging to a very strong, bonded social group and just, accepting people. Is that a pipe dream?  Are we programmed that there has to be an us under them at some points, because if you've got people in your social group by definition, there are people that are outside it. Robin Dunbar: [00:03:21] Partly obviously it's all the screaming stuff, but we also do it at a cognitive level, a psychological level, whereby we look for people who are rather similar to us, so-called homofeely effect, which is why we get these echo chamber effects.  We tend to like people and spend, want to spend those time with people who are similar to us and a whole tranche of in particular cultural dimensions, which we call the seven pillars of friendship.And these are things like shared interests and shared moral views and shared sense of humor, shared musical tastes and so on and so forth. And it turns out that we're very good at building kind of mega communities out of one single dimension. So normally. With your nearest and dearest you'd perhaps share.Six or seven of these seven pillars wisdom. So if you'd like to think of them as a supermarket barcode of your kind of interests in hyphen and so on, on your forehead or accepts that you speak them obviously, but sort of when you get down to the nether, reason regions of your social network, you might only share one or two, but being able to take one of those.As the basis for creating friendships with what amount of friendships with strangers seems to be a skill that we've managed to develop quite effectively. So this is the thing Helen Czerski: [00:04:41] where, someone supports the same football team, or they play the same sport or it's that sort of thing.That, that is enough that we're already automatically on the same side. We've got shortcut. Yep. Robin Dunbar: [00:04:50] Absolutely. And that's exactly what it is. It's a shortcut through get having to get to know them better paradoxically though. The one thing that seems to be particularly good at creating a sense of bondedness with a complete stranger is your musical taste.So if they liked the same music as you boy, you're onto something good here. 

With the news that Twitter has acquired the podcasting company Breaker, Nathan walks Dan through his latest Divinations article on the state of podcasts over the past decade—or at least 2016, when he wrote an article in search of a platform dedicated to podcast discovery via social connections. After discussing the piece's three hypotheses, they both agree: we have yet to get a social network exclusively and effectively dedicated to content discovery...but podcasts are continuing to trend upwards, so there's still hope.

Episode 8 had seen the travelling professor explore how we could use Dunbar's number for improving personal relationships- here, he explores the way in which it can be used for marketing, management and even community management.You can reach out to us on social media. We're @ivmpodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.You can follow Siddharth Deshmukh on Twitter @edgysid and Instagram @thetravellingprofessorYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Season 2 Episode 51: The Trio on Dunbar’s Number Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. What better time than today to discussion the idea of friendship? I am joined by my mother, Frances, and my sister, Sarah, to consider Dunbar’s number, which is a theoretical limit to the number of people with whom any individual can sustain a stable or meaningful social relationship. This term was first proposed in the 1990’s by Robin Dunbar, a British anthropologist and psychologist. The number that is suggested is 150 people. Does Dunbar’s number signify friendship? How do we define friendship? Is friendship the same as a stable or meaningful social relationship? We invite you to put the kettle on and add to the conversation. We would love to hear your thoughts on TeaToastTrivia.com I am your host Rebecca Budd and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you.

We can only maintain active and stable social relationships with 150 people! The focus here is the level of intimacy! The 4 circles/categories of relationships are: 5 very close relationships that are generally family or intimate friends, 15 very good friends you can rely on for support, 50 good friends—the kind you might gather together for a birthday party, and the rest casual friends and acquaintances These groups are fluid, and individuals can move from one circle to the next, or out of the grouping altogether. In this week's episode, we are going to cover these 3 questions: How does this apply to business? How does this translate to business ideas you want try? is there a limit of ideas to have and people to seek advice from? Is this rule true in today's world of social media? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/support

What grows a relationship? Is it time spent together? Shared interests? Or perhaps, common beliefs? If you said "all of these," you'd be correct, as each plays a part. For larger communities like ours, growing closer to others can be a challenge. Unless intentional steps are taken, we default to relationships of proximity—thinking we know someone because we sit near them once a week. However, do we really know them? Have we made it past the surface level questions to know their needs and where they hurt? In this week's message, Pastor Chad Stuart will talk about how Jesus built community and why striving to be like Him should be our aim in every aspect of life. Listen as he shares the third message in our Back to the Future sermon series, titled, "Glimpses of Dunbar's Number."

Technology has made the world a much bigger place. Instead of playing to an audience of a few hundred neighbors, classmates, and coworkers, social media allows us to play to an audience of billions. In this week's episode, Steve explains why larger communities lead to more loneliness.

In this episode, I am joined by two of my closest friends that have been with feeding curiosity. Since the very beginning, I'm joined by Jordan, Chris, and Joe Jackowski. With both of them here, we dive into making sense of the events over the last few weeks. Show Notes: (00:06:45) Opening to the conversation (00:08:19) The Chaos of the last few weeks (00:09:06) Jordan's Account of the Chicago Protest (00:16:01) Aftermath of the protests (00:19:58) Hierarchical Systems (00:23:58) Extreme End of Brutality (00:27:13) Awareness and escaping the moment (00:34:56) Everyday people and trained professionals (00:36:52) Normative Error and Peter Attia (00:40:50) The Moral Element (00:43:19) Daryl Davis (00:48:10) How can someone hate me if they don't even know me? (00:52:35) Dunbar's Number (00:56:22) Dave Chappelle (00:59:26) The rawness of this time period (01:06:35) The Streets are speaking for themselves (01:10:01) An openness to having a difficult conversation (01:14:51) Converging morally (01:25:02) Emotional Awareness (01:26:39) Wrapping up For more content head to https://feedingcuriosity.net/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feedingcuriosity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feedingcuriosity/support

Applying Dunbar's Number (EPS 187). Frank Agin, host of Networking Rx and founder of AmSpirit Business Connections, follows up on his recent episode on Dunbar's Number to share insight and perspective as to how you can apply this science to your daily network and relationship building. For more information on AmSpirit Business Connections and its franchise opportunity program, contact Frank Agin at frankagin@amspirit.com or visit http://www.amspirit.com/franchise.php.

Frank Agin, host of Networking Rx and founder of AmSpirit Business Connections, gives an overview of Dunbar's Number and how it was determined, laying the foundation for future episodes. For more information on AmSpirit Business Connections and its franchise opportunity program, contact Frank Agin at frankagin@amspirit.com or visit http://www.amspirit.com/franchise.php.

Everyone has that situation in their lives when they feel the need to dissociate with toxic people.On this episode of The Travelling Professor's diary, host Siddharth Deshmukh talks about how science can help you identify and dissociate from toxic people.You can reach out to us on social media. We're @ivmpodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.You can follow Siddharth Deshmukh on Twitter @edgysid and Instagram @thetravellingprofessorYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Joined this week by our good friend and resident philosopher, Bronno Walker of games company The Regicide Collective and podcast Philosophy Cafe 01:59 - The Silk Road fiasco, Elon making his patents free 16:30 - The nature of consciousness, being present, spreading the love (or not?) 27:23 - Solipsism (are you the only conscious entity?), memes, Christopher Lee tales 45:00 - The nature of the universe 1:05:55 - The ship of Theseus paradox 1:16:01 - Dunbar's Number, priests 1:27:04 - Morality, Universal good

Why are we obsessed with year-end wrap-ups? And when does performance on social media go wrong? [17:26] This week, special guests Steven Ebert and Nora Mestrich join Joey to talk about Spotify Wrapped, Dunbar's Number puns, rebirth, vague-booking, trauma, and Walden. They don't talk about how we never edit out things in post that we say we will. Book recommendation: Atomic Habits, by James Clear See your Spotify Wrapped here. Spotify Wrapped: the Fallout (from The Guardian) Metro on Sadfishing The "are you in the right headspace" meme and "Self-Care Templates" More book recommendations: Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid, by Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt.

Zay gives us the low down on the podcast history and our numbers; we attempt to reduce those numbers by discussing them. Later we dive into film festivals, Dunbar's Number, Tristan da Cunha, depression, and much much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode, we introduce ourselves, our series, and explore the question: Why are we all so gosh darn lonely? --- Works Discussed High prevalence and adverse health effects of loneliness in community-dwelling adults across the lifespan: role of wisdom as a protective factor (Lee et al., 2018) David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water" speech, Kenyon College, 2005 Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide The Limits of Friendship by Maria Konnikova (A New Yorker piece about the connection between Dunbar's Number and Facebook usage)

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This week we talk about QR codes, security theater, and hacking HBO. We also discuss Dunbar's Number, getting free meals for a year, and being rude to robots. For more information about the podcast and to view the copious show notes, visit letsknowthings.com. Become a patron on Patreon. My new book Becoming Who We Need To Be is available as an audiobook, paperback, and ebook. This episode was sponsored by Everlane & Audible.

Is democracy possible on such a large scale? Can a nation as large as the US make collective decisions, and if not, what sort of government would facilitate direct democracy for the collective? Excerpt from #65 'Political Theatre: Practical Questions At The End Of The American Experiment' w/ Perri Garner. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness/ep65 *Subscribe on Soudcloud and iTunes

How many friends can you really have? Is there really a maximum number of meaningful friendships we can have? JOLSID.com Scientifically speaking how many people can you potentially maintain a stable social relationship with? Just to clarify by social we mean in person not on Twitter or Facebook.   Basically these are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.   According to Anthropologist Robin Dunbar this can vary between 150 - 250 people. After numerous studies of Primates,  nomadic tribes, and historical military groupings the final number of maximum stable relationships never reached a common consensus among the researchers.   Dunbar theorized that the limit of people we can have truly stable and meaningful relationships with is a direct function of our neocortex- which is responsible for our cognitive abilities. Damage to or disorders of the neocortex can develop neurological disorders like Alzheimer's, Dementia, and long term memory loss.   Therefore according to Dunbar the size of the neocortex is directly related to the total number of relationships an individual can effectively have, which is 150-250. This number also includes past relationships, such as colleagues, teachers, and high school friends, with whom a person would like to reacquaint themselves with.   Dunbar's number have become an area of interest in anthropology, evolutionary psychology, statistics, and business management. For example, developers of social software are interested in knowing more about Dunbar’s Numbers because the developers need to know the size of the real life social networks their software needs to take into account;   Further in 1996 Harvard University Press published Robin Dunbar’s book Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language.   The book presents an argument that gossip is a vocal equivalent of manual grooming - in primates grooming is a form of bonding where individuals harness relationships by grooming each other in order to maintain their alliances.   The basic principle is you scratch my back I scratch yours   Once humans start to develop larger brains and start to live in increasingly larger groups, manual grooming was too time consuming and the audience was much larger, so we developed a cheaper medium to groom and that was vocal sounds. Eventually this vocal grooming evolved into a language, initially it was in the form of “gossip”.   This study has a direct impact on  Entrepreneurs and Creatives because it is more than just the exact number of friends you can have, it's more about being selective and initially identifying your target audience, customers, and clients precisely vs being the everything to everyone approach.   There seems to be a Relationship Opportunity Cost Now we aware that we can only handle certain numbers of relationships effectively. It might sound a bit harsh but this study suggests picking and choosing relationships, individuals, clients,  audience or customers very wisely. Maybe this is your time for a “relationship audit”. Try to identify customers, clients, audience, friends, who influence your life in a positive manner. Those who provide constructive feedback, they help you move forward as opposed to holding you back. Also, be mindful of the diversity of talent that you surround yourself with. Just like a team or any good machine, we need different talents, strengths and skills - I read a blog by Steven Johnson that mentions people are like spare parts and differents parts of different shapes come together to build the best machines or systems.   So, for example in a group if you have a doctor, an accountant, a social media consultant, an HR person, an engineer, and an entrepreneur you will find diversity of ideas that make any organization or team successful.

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Tim Harris, Pastor, Woodburn Baptist Church, Woodburn, KY Sermon:  Dunbar's Number (1 John 3.1-10) www.woodburnbaptist.org

Professor Robin Dunbar explores if there is a limit to the number of friends we can keep track of and explains the origin of "Dunbar's Number".

Marc West interviews Dr Ben McNeil about alternative Energy and Australia, News by Ian Woolf, with discussion from Marc West and John August - CSIRO win their patent battle against 14 US Giants, - A hard limit on your social network size proved with Xmas cards and the Church of England? Presented and produced by Ian Woolf