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> Dunbar noted that the groups fell into three categories—small, medium and large [..] with respective size ranges of 30–50, 100–200 and 500–2500 members each.
by fouc 9y ago
> Dunbar noted that the groups fell into three categories—small, medium and large [..] with respective size ranges of 30–50, 100–200 and 500–2500 members each.
I think it would make more sense go with the smaller category, and perhaps use a number around 49. Keep it odd to avoid a tie.
L3 represents 117 thousand,
L4 represents 5.7 million,
L5 represents 282 million,
L6 represents 13.8 billion
At current population of 7 billion:
144 million L1 representatives.
2.9 million L2 representatives.
60 thousand L3 representatives.
1,225 L4 representatives.
24 L5 representatives
- DougWebb 9y agoI'm pretty sure we've already got 24 L5 representatives, but they only represent their own interests instead of everyone else's.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoThe argument for increasing the # of levels would be that the increase in effectiveness of representatives who only have to act in the interest of $dunbar number of people below them while working amoung the $dunbar number of people on the same level to influence the person on the level above more than cancels out the decrease in effectiveness from increased layers of abstraction.