[future shock] The Future of Relationships « Justin PickardSpeculations [future shock] [reading list] by leave a comment Tonight, from 2100 GMT, and I will be co-chairing an hour-long Twitter discussion on the . Hosted by the Association of Professional Futurists on Twitter, the ‘Futrchat’ format is a monthly, open, multi-party conversation on a specific topic: usually, ‘the future of X’. Guy has already posted our list of questions for this month, but I wanted to supplement this with a couple of clips and links to get you thinking. First, a clip fr...- Question 1:Will our personal relationships be bounded by the limits of Dunbar’s number (< 150 friends)? Can we/our brains evolve?
@ebonstorm or we already supplement it w/ technology, using CRM-like systems in our phones, keeping track of data on friends #futrchat
@guyyeomans A1: The evolution and ease of social platforms has incrementally increased dunbar's number #futrchat
@guyyeomans A1: I think the definition of "friend" is rapidly evolving. Not sure Dunbar's # is still relevant today. #futrchat
@ebonstorm maybe we already compartmentalize groups of relationship to increase scope of managing more #futrchat
@ebonstorm Agree, but we will learn to use the data. just as we evolved discerned attention. #futrchat
#futrchat: Future of Relationships
Monthly chat from the Association of Professional Futurists. April's theme: The Future of Relationships.
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