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the number of meaningful friends is surprisingly limited,
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Eugene Wei • Status as a Service
One reason there aren’t all that many terror attacks may be that there aren’t all that many terrorists. It is very difficult to get a head count of terrorists, but one commonly cited estimate is that Al Qaeda had only about 500 to 1,000 operatives at its peak.79 This figure includes hangers-on and wannabes, as well as the people engaged in all the
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provided my point of reference.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Arjun Sethi • The Hive is the New Network
In such cases, the effect will be stronger than when the effect is asymmetric, with a defection rate of just 5 per cent being sufficient to reduce the number of close relationships.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
tals.substack.com • Every Day a Groundhog Day
One is that each of us seems to have a natural social fingerprint in the way we allocate our social effort.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Pugnacity with its attendant emotion of anger is a human constant. The public relations counsel uses this continually in constructing all kinds of events that will call it into play. Because of it, too, he is often forced to enact combats and create issues. He stages battles against evils in which the antagonist is personified for the public.