Day 30 of 45
0 days read · no streaks, just days
Day 30 of 45 · 0 days read · no streaks, just days
Phase 4 · Desert
Day 30: The unknown third person
“We as humans have limited capacity of how many people, we can really connect to in real life.”
Why track the trips of someone you met once? Your attention for people is limited. Spend it on the few.
Dunbar's social brain work suggests a small inner circle of about 5 and around 150 meaningful relationships. That specific number is contested: a 2021 reanalysis found the confidence intervals too wide to support a fixed limit. The broad point holds. Deep relationships are few, and following thousands doesn't add to them.
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