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Concentric Friends

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Dunbar’s latest book has this circle (reference):

For once, I have an image relevant to this post

As usual, some random notes on it:

  • In the innermost circle, I think there are about 5 people. The 0.5 he mentions as the closest relationship and 4.5 of myself
  • What if I am in someone’s fifth circle, but they are in my fourth circle? Does it matter?
  • I tried to write down names of people in the first few circles, and it was super difficult on who to include where, even leaving out family members. Try it.
  • On the topic of family members, Dunbar talks about a “kinship premium” concept. Read about it. Will explain the behavior of a lot of your friends.

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And this reminded me of another concentric circle I had done (Unrelated to this):

And that reminded me of the time paradox (further unrelated to this):

Update: Finally, to something related, Tim Urban has a neat graph:

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Expect posts from the various alter-egos of Karthik Srinivasan, covering Slice-of-Life Stories, Technology, Product Management, Design, India, Education, Philosophy, Psychology, Parenting, Nuances in languages, and occasionally some fiction too, in English and Tamil.