The Dunbar number [1] originally said that the maximum size for a stable social network was ~150; he recently coauthored a paper which brings that down to aroun

The Dunbar number [1] originally said that the maximum size for a stable social network was ~150; he recently coauthored a paper which brings that down to around 5. WorldCafe always used 5. But, Congress is already split between the political parties, so 435 isn't the number. What they do, however, is break things up into committees - much smaller, with a few members from each party (in theory). Massive guilds in WoW are broken up by roles to play. So, indeed, the sub-committees are where the action occurs. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number