do you know of this theory....could it apply to survival groups,tribes,mags etc.
Dunbar's number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number
Dunbar's number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number
Not a criticism ... an observation ... you are here so you have some need of or use for some level of interaction, albeit apparently not face to facei'm not interested in keeping in Social Contact with other people, i'm not a social animal and I am perfectly happy with my own company.
fair enough, everyone is different. I could never do the hermit thing. I am an introvert but still require some controlled level of social interaction, pererably face to face. I do like to have some people around, but to have to interact with them constantly would drain me very quicklyadding my opinion or knowledge by typing a few words on a thread are entirely different to me to having a conversation face to face, the internet could crash tomorrow and never reappear and it wouldn't bother me one bit.
i'm the opposite, i'd be quite satisfied doing the hermit bit, if starting tomorrow morning I never came across another living human being for whatever is left of the rest of my life I would be happy, I do not need other people to interact with.fair enough, everyone is different. I could never do the hermit thing. I am an introvert but still require some controlled level of social interaction, pererably face to face. I do like to have some people around, but to have to interact with them constantly would drain me very quickly
Nah ... you are human ... just different. Those differences are what make people interesting, if we were all the same, even if we were all perfect like me... it would be boringi'm the opposite, i'd be quite satisfied doing the hermit bit, if starting tomorrow morning I never came across another living human being for whatever is left of the rest of my life I would be happy, I do not need other people to interact with.
I was brought up as an only child and spent most of my free time both man and boy alone, I have lived alone and I have lived off grid.
I know many people say that we humans are social animals, but I am not, I prefer animals and natural surroundings.
maybe i'm not human after all? not homo sapien, maybe some off shoot some other species!!!
its just that I have heard so many people say that we are social animals, and I just don't feel like that at all.
I read books, instead of reading off the internet, I was out in the woods or on the water. I also spent lots of time building or fixing stuff. When my buddies hung with me they stayed out of trouble. I wasn't an angel, I just have an ability to not get caught.OK. now, for those of you old enough to remember "life before the Internet.," what did you DO before there WAS an Internet???!!
I read books, instead of reading off the internet, I was out in the woods or on the water. I also spent lots of time building or fixing stuff. When my buddies hung with me they stayed out of trouble. I wasn't an angel, I just have an ability to not get caught.
One of the best things that could happen to me is to be in a place with no one else within a day's driving distance.
One of the worst things that could happen to my wife is to be in a place with no one else within a day's driving distance.
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