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Careers run on connections, but the science of how relationships form and pay off is narrower than networking advice suggests.
Holdings here cover weak ties, homophily, network centrality and Dunbar's number, alongside a look at whether networking events deliver what they promise. Claims are graded against the underlying sociology.
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Dunbar's Number: Is the 150-Relationship Limit Real?
The layered relationship structure is real; 150 as an exact cognitive limit is far shakier than the meme claims.
Trend breakdown · 5 sources scored · 2 Aug 2026
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Networking Events: Do They Actually Build Useful Networks?Weak ties genuinely help careers, but the mixer format built to create them mostly fails unless redesigned.
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Networking Events: Do They Actually Build Useful Networks?Weak ties genuinely help careers, but the mixer format built to create them mostly fails unless redesigned.6 sources scored · 2 Aug 2026
Dunbar's Number: Is the 150-Relationship Limit Real?The layered relationship structure is real; 150 as an exact cognitive limit is far shakier than the meme claims.5 sources scored · 2 Aug 2026
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Network Centrality: Definition and What Each Centrality Measure Actually RewardsNetwork centrality ranks a node's structural importance from its connections. See how degree, closeness, betweenness and eigenvector centrality differ.Glossary term · 2 Aug 2026
Homophily: Definition and Why Networks Narrow Towards SimilarityHomophily is the tendency to connect with similar others, and it narrows a network's diversity of ties and ideas before individual choice enters.Glossary term · 2 Aug 2026
Weak Ties: Granovetter's Definition and the Strength-of-Loose-Connections PhenomenonWeak ties are acquaintance-level connections that bridge separate social clusters, transmitting non-redundant information and driving job mobility.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
Dunbar's Number: Definition and the 150-Person Cognitive Limit on RelationshipsDunbar's Number is the cognitive limit on stable social relationships, roughly 150. The neocortex basis, nested layers, and why groups fragment at scale.Glossary term · 18 Jun 2026
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