Comment on Anon judges books by their covers

Hikermick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We evolved to live and work in groups of 150, max. Past that our brains get overwhelmed and fall back to pattern matching, another evolutionary trait, and a powerful one in us humans.

  We’re so good at judging people that when someone’s behavior throws us for a loop, it’s a memorable event.

  The only trick is making a conscious decision to stay the hell away from “all $people act like $X”. Even if I think a customer walking up is likely to be a chud, I greet them openly and friendly. Works out great.

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  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dunbar’s Number for anyone interested in reading further on this theory.

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