I remember reading an article (New Yorker I think) about how the optimum size for a group was about 150, and in groups which didn't exceed that size, everyone knew everyone and identified as a group and so on.
Yes, that's known as Dunbar's number: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number. Also see: http://www.commonsenseadvice.com/human_cortex_dunbar.html On 5/17/07, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And this is not something that happens only in India or the US. The UK > seems to be a pretty class and region-stratified society as well. > > Maybe human affiliations are only biologically or socially designed to > be to groups of relatively smaller sizes. I agree with Thaths here - everyone does this. Here in the south of England, everyone looks down at Northerners, who look down at people from the south as being cold and unfriendly, etc. I remember reading an article (New Yorker I think) about how the optimum size for a group was about 150, and in groups which didn't exceed that size, everyone knew everyone and identified as a group and so on. The article was about a company that limited sizes of each of its factories to 150 workers and found remarkable performance improvements. Badri
