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15 Great Resources For Your Dunbar’s Number Research

Posted on June 6, 2025June 21, 2025 by Brian Colwell

The following Dunbar’s Number resources are in chronological order by publication date. Enjoy! Thanks for reading!

What Is Dunbar’s Number? The Rule Of 150’s Origin, History, Nested Group Sizes

Posted on June 6, 2025June 21, 2025 by Brian Colwell

Dunbar’s Number reveals a fundamental constraint on human social organization that has profound implications for how we structure and manage groups. While we may aspire to maintain meaningful connections with hundreds or…

Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs: A Theory Of Human Motivation

Posted on June 5, 2025June 21, 2025 by Brian Colwell

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist and one of the founding figures of humanistic psychology, which emerged in the 1960s as a “third force” alternative to behaviorism and psychoanalysis. He believed…

Why Do People Join A Community? Love And Power

Posted on June 4, 2025June 20, 2025 by Brian Colwell

Why do people remain in, or even join, a community? Satisfying needs. “… men journey together with a view to some particular advantage, and to provide something that they need…”, as written by…

The Big List Of Elinor Ostrom Quotes

Posted on June 3, 2025June 20, 2025 by Brian Colwell

Elinor Ostrom challenged previous frameworks and assumptions about property, resolving the “Tragedy In Commons” and providing us with a practical, alternative view of an appropriate arrangement of resources. This view has been…

What Is The Value Of Trust?

Posted on May 31, 2025June 16, 2025 by Brian Colwell

By definition, trust is “a fundamental psychological and moral state of confident reliance on others’ integrity and intentions, characterized by the voluntary acceptance of vulnerability based on beliefs rather than proof, which…

How Do We Build Trust?

Posted on May 31, 2025June 16, 2025 by Brian Colwell

Trust forms the bedrock of human connection, yet its construction remains one of our most complex social challenges. In an era where digital interactions often replace face-to-face encounters and where institutional faith…

What Is Trust?

Posted on May 31, 2025June 16, 2025 by Brian Colwell

In his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein wrote that, “The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” The curiosity that is trust is no exception to…

Distrust Is Growing, And That’s A Problem For Everyone

Posted on May 31, 2025June 16, 2025 by Brian Colwell

“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.” – Democritus. The erosion of trust in modern society represents one of…

What Are The Elements Of Culture?

Posted on May 31, 2025June 16, 2025 by Brian Colwell

“Culture” is a dynamic, ethnocentric, integrated, learned, and shared social system of knowledge, traditions, beliefs, ideas, values, roles, norms, meanings, and symbols that defines a group of people and their way of…

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