[안쥐] 졸업유예하면 나쁜 건가요

[만화] 던바의 수와 조회수 1,000명의 의미

 

A nine-panel comic strip in a clean, detailed black-and-white style. The protagonist, a woman with short hair, discusses the psychological limit of human relationships.  The story introduces 'Dunbar's Number', the theory by anthropologist Robin Dunbar in 1992 that the human brain can only maintain about 150 stable relationships. However, it contrasts this with a 2021 study by Professor Patrik Lindenfors, which suggests humans can interact with far more people due to cultural learning and internet technology.  The protagonist points out how we often forget the true scale of numbers in the era of millions of views. She visualizes '1,000 people' not as a digital metric, but as five large university lecture halls filled to capacity, or a sold-out theater with people standing in the aisles. One panel depicts the protagonist standing alone on a stage, facing a sea of eyes in a dark auditorium.  The comic concludes with a warm reflection: in a world overflowing with information, the fact that someone pauses to look at her drawings means they have shared their precious time with her. The final panel shows the character smiling by a window, holding a sketchbook with 'Anji' on it, expressing heartfelt gratitude for every single viewer.
1. 던바의 수를 처음 알게 된 건 <사피엔스>를 읽으면서였습니다. 그럼 150명만 알면 되는 시대에 살았던 사람들은 지금보다 더 평화로운 삶을 살았을까요?
2. 오늘도 찾아주셔서 감사합니다.

Dunbar, R. I. M. (1992). Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates. Journal of Human Evolution, 22(6), 469-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2484(92)90081-J

Lindenfors, P., Wartel, A., & Lind, J. (2021). 'Dunbar's number' deconstructed. Biology Letters, 17(5), 20210158. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0158

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