The Power of Weak Ties
Opportunities come from having a large network
we need to have access to many people in many pools of information
the strength of weak ties
structure is actually more important than relationship
how do you find out about bands
so we think we have to have strong relationships with everybody
hundreds or thousands of people
we can't manage that
oh and we have another problem as well on a personal level
In fact we would have a relatively small group of contacts
who would you see on a regular basis?
Your tribe, clan, family
so the anthropologist Robin Dunbar look into this
any came up with something called Dunbar's number
the most popular treatment was by Malcolm Gladwell the tipping point
we can only maintain a certain number of relationships give or take
It may seem like a lot, or not so much
You might think that you know more than this but do you really
relationships take time and energy to maintain
high school friend story
so we have to spend a lot ime on relationships
and there's a finite limit