But that's partly because *of* Facebook. We're a lot more connected than before (and more migration, too).https://twitter.com/nytimesworld/status/695469168750104576 …
@AmarDhand @NAChristakis Cognitive constraints on feelings of being close are a different question. Again, "6" wasn't the number in 1643.
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@AmarDhand@NAChristakis Unless the argument is that "6" represents an immutable number since the Pleistocene, why can't it change? It can. -
@AmarDhand@NAChristakis Group composition, etc. dramatically change, as culture & social dynamics change. That affects network shape/size.
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