Friday, January 20, 2006

Yet another item connected to the "Collapse of Power".

Ever heard of the Dunbar Number? Something to consider on scalability of social connections. Read more. And thanks to Christopher Allen.

1 comment:

Joel said...

Ian Dickson talks about the psychology in software in relation to Reed's Law (2^n) where he distinguishes Potential Groups and Actual Groups (Real people). Lin is here: http://www.emint.org/papers/iandickson/reedslaw.htm

He also promotes CommKit in http://commkit.com/ckfe2a.cfm?Whichone=9&flag=1

which can perhaps address the issue of the Dunbar Number.