AnthroBlog

The Quiet Erosion of Human-Scale Life Social Organization Beyond Human Capacity Human beings are profoundly social, but not infinitely so. Across anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology, a consistent insight emerges: there are practical limits to the number of stable, meaningful relationships any individual can sustain. These limits are not cultural accidents or personal shortcomings; they are rooted in cognition, time, and emotional bandwidth. The study of functio