Large-Group Leadership - Gained InSite: philosophical things for normal people

does the size of your

It’s simply so much easier to keep 10 people in sync than 10,000. Each additional person makes it harder for everyone to stay focused and in sync.

Sociological research has shown that the maximum ‘natural’ size of a group bonded by gossip is about 150 individuals. Most people can neither intimately know, nor gossip effectively about, more than 150 human beings.

Dans le sillage de la Révolution cognitive, le bavardage aida Homo sapiens à former des bandes plus larges et plus stables. Mais lui-même a ses limites. La recherche sociologique a montré que la taille « naturelle » maximale d’un groupe lié par le commérage est d’environ 150 individus. La plupart n’en peuvent connaître intimement plus de 150 ; on r