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Friendship

Sophie Venn@sophievenn

15 cards

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

A 100-year life contains 5,200 weeks. More than 1,000 disappear before you turn 20.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

After moving out, seeing your parents for two weeks a year means more than 90% of your time together has passed.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

Many ordinary moments happen for the last time without announcing themselves. Notice the ones you still have.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

Which hobby, place, sport, or person keeps getting postponed? It may never return to your life.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

Choose the people and activities that matter, then act before default decisions spend your life for you.

From Kurzgesagt – In a NutshellWhen This Number Hits 5200 - You Will be Dead

Dying at 80 leaves roughly 780 post-retirement weeks, about as many free weeks as childhood.

From The School of LifeBeing A Good Listener

Remembering someone’s history transforms scattered conversations into a relationship with depth, continuity, and genuine attention.

From The School of LifeBeing A Good Listener

Good listeners create psychological safety by accepting flaws without turning vulnerability into a threat to someone’s dignity.

From Half as InterestingWhy You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

A primate brain-to-social-group calculation predicted humans would average 148 meaningful relationships, now known as Dunbar’s number of 150.

From Samuel HughesThe myth of medieval childhood

Despite high mortality, the median English child grew up with two parents in their thirties or forties and one sibling.

From Half as InterestingWhy You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

Dunbar’s social circles expand roughly threefold: 5 close contacts, 12–15 sympathy-group members, 50 friends, 150 meaningful contacts, 500 acquaintances, and 1,500 recognizable people.

From Samuel HughesThe myth of medieval childhood

Medieval sources record parents and children crying at reunions and sharing affectionate play.

From Half as InterestingWhy You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

A meaningful social group contains people you recognize, understand socially, and feel comfortable approaching for a small loan.

From Half as InterestingWhy You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

A sympathy group contains about 12–15 people whose deaths would leave you distraught, with monthly conversations.

From Half as InterestingWhy You Can Only Have 150 Friends (According to Science)

Groups of roughly 12–15 recur in team sports, juries, and traditional groups of apostles.

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