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Social Networks

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Friendship Paradox

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Friendship Paradox

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Friendship Paradox

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Friendship Paradox

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Preferential Attachment

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Preferential Attachment

People with friends can more easily make friends

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Preferential Attachment

People with friends can more easily make friends

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Small World Experiment

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Small World Experiment

296 Letters sent, only 64 arrived

Average number of connections was 5/6

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Allen Goldman

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Allen Goldman

Richard Feynman

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Allen Goldman

Richard Feynman

Albert Einstein

John von Neumann

Robert Oppenheimer

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2nd most followed account

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Dunbar limit

How many interpersonal relationship can you have?

“The number of people you would not feel uncomfortable about joining, uninvited, at a chance meeting at a bar”

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Dunbar limit

How many interpersonal relationship can you have?

“The number of people you would not feel uncomfortable about joining, uninvited, at a chance meeting at a bar”

Military Units

  • Century - 100
  • Manipole - 120
  • Gustavus Adolphus - 150
  • Easy Company - 140

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Dunbar limit

How many interpersonal relationship can you have?

“The number of people you would not feel uncomfortable about joining, uninvited, at a chance meeting at a bar”

Military Units

  • Century - 100
  • Manipole - 120
  • Gustavus Adolphus - 150
  • Easy Company - 140

Estimates of neolithic village size: 150-200

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Dunbar limit

How many interpersonal relationship can you have?

“The number of people you would not feel uncomfortable about joining, uninvited, at a chance meeting at a bar”

Military Units

  • Century - 100
  • Manipole - 120
  • Gustavus Adolphus - 150
  • Easy Company - 140

Estimates of neolithic village size: 150-200

Amish churches - 20-40 families

~150 if we assume 3 kids, ~240 at 6 kids

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