{"id":3210,"date":"2015-10-27T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2017-01-13T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T11:50:59","slug":"dunbars-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2015\/10\/27\/dunbars-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunbar’s number"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some fella called Robin Dunbar; researched the ‘Gore Tex’ model – the model which states that human beings can only hold meaningful relationships with up to 150 people.
\nI’d like to suggest this is taken a step further – we can only have empathy for up to 150 people. \u00a0In today’s age, we are bombarded with the problems and the suffering of 7 billion people. \u00a0I think that if we emphathised with everyone, we’d all have nervous breakdowns.<\/p>\n

That’s why many people are just hardened and desensitised to all the suffering, or suffer themselves from anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n

My suggestion is don’t watch the news. \u00a0It’s all highly subjective news anyway, you’ll never hear about the people being slaughtered in Sudan but if a white person gets shot – it’s headline news.<\/p>\n

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You can still be kind, do the right thing, and donate money etc. but don’t spend too much time picturing their daily problems and issues, or you’re likely to have a nervy B.<\/p>\n

Ram Dass talks a lot about compassion – I’m yet to read \/ listen to his views on the subject (which are no doubt likely to change my thoughts)<\/p>\n