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Samim.io: "Like going to a sauna with a cold shower afterwards"
Got the following message from a regular reader of this blog, based in Hong Kong. It made me smile: "Samim's blog: The last sane corner of the Internet. The (one of the rare, if not only) place where bullshit gets called out. Thanks for keeping posting, Samim. Visiting here feels like going to a sauna with a cold shower afterwards (that feels good!). ❣️"
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Dunbar Spheres
This illustration is from Robin Dunbar’s recent book, Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships. You might recall the author’s name from his concept of Dunbar’s number: that on average people can maintain about 150 friendships with others, a limit that is determined by human brain size and function. The chart is a more detailed version of the concept: it shows, roughly, the number of people we can have meaningful relationships with at various levels of intimacy. Dunbar explains in this Atlantic interview:
The innermost layer of 1.5 is [the most intimate]; clearly that has to do with your romantic relationships. The next layer of five is your shoulders-to-cry-on friendships. They are the ones who will drop everything to support us when our world falls apart. The 15 layer includes the previous five, and your core social partners. They are our main social companions, so they provide the context for having fun times. They also provide the main circle for exchange of child care. We trust them enough to leave our children with them. The next layer up, at 50, is your big-weekend-barbecue people. And the 150 layer is your weddings and funerals group who would come to your once-in-a-lifetime event.
The layers come about primarily because the time we have for social interaction is not infinite. You have to decide how to invest that time, bearing in mind that the strength of relationships is directly correlated with how much time and effort we give them.
There’s evidence that introverts have fewer connections in each layer than extroverts, your numbers go down as you get older when relationship become harder to replace, “falling in love will cost you two friendships”, and how much time is necessary to form a friendship:
It takes about 200 hours of investment in the space of a few months to move a stranger into being a good friend. This fits with our data, which suggests that close friends are very expensive in terms of time investment to maintain. I think the figures are a guideline rather than precise. It just means friendships require work.
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What’s the difference between a Routine and a Ritual? They are both activities we repeat. The difference lies in their purpose:
Routines provide predictability and order, which make it easier to stick to different regimens that help us work efficiently, or protect our health (eg bedtimes or exercise routines).
Ritual activities ensure we take time to nurture what’s most meaningful to us, typically relationships with self, others or our spirituality (eg family dinners or religious ceremonies).
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"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear." - Paulo Coelho
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Today in "the fall of western civilization"
- 🤡 Amazon brings Alexa to hospitals and senior living centers (Press release).
- 🤡 Cartoonist Michael Leunig axed over controversial vaccine cartoon
- 🤡 EU Green Pass-generation keys stolen - sources
- 🤡 GCHQ award spy agencies cloud contract to AWS
- 🤡 Xi Jinping -- Committed to advancing UN cause for better world.
- 🤡 Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann resigns from office on 31 December 2021
- 🤡 Police raid homes, businesses across Germany, Italy, Bulgaria in Italian mafia probe
- 🤡 KKR Founders Kravis and Roberts Step Down as Co-CEOs.
🤡 Orthodox Patriarch Hospitalized at Start of 12-day US Visit
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- 🤡 Amazon brings Alexa to hospitals and senior living centers (Press release).
