Tag: Self Help

What is the relevance of Dunbar’s Number in the age of Social Media?

What is the relevance of Dunbar’s Number in the modern day of social media? To know the answer we first need to understand the concept of this number.

Understanding Dunbar’s Number – “British anthropologist Robin Dunbar theorized that a typical person can’t easily have more than 150 people in his tribe. After 150 friends and fellow citizens we cannot keep track. It is too complicated.”

This exposes the limitation of human brain in terms of maximum number of connections we can have at any point of time.

In the modern age of social media where we have virtual friends and connections it is common to have 1000 connections showing how superficial we can get in the age of social media.

Seth Godin exposes us to this truth in his book Linchpin and inspires us to focus on true human bonds instead of superficial virtual connections.

For another interesting insight from Seth Godin’s Linchpin please read:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/who-is-a-true-linchpin/

Seth Godin’s blog is a wonderful place to get started if you want to feel inspired, please visit:

https://seths.blog