On 10/1/07, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well written piece that makes sense to me. What do you folks think? > > http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2417
Didn't really work for me. This article seems to be along the lines of Malcolm Gladwell's books -- a simple observation backed by a catch-phrase (like "monkeysphere" here -- a catchier term for Dunbar's number) and driven home by an immense number of almost identical examples. I'd reduce the article to this -- "People outside your social circle are a faceless mass. Be careful of people who might try to take advantage of that." Then again, maybe I am just irritated by people who coin new words when there are perfectly functional alternatives available! :) Venky.
