Reading Log 9

In the last section, I learned about the rule of 150. Basically what the rule of 150 says is that humans have a certain amount of people that they can relate to, more than just knowing their name, this number turns out to be 150 people. There are lots of historical examples to back this up. For example there was a tribe in Australia that would build a new village when the population exceeded 15o. In the army, each unit is 200 people. In Gore, a high tech company, each plant has 150 employers. When the number goes above 150 then another plant is built, to get the number back around 150 employees. The Ya-Ya Sister hood became a best seller book, and a lot of the reason for this is because of the rule of 150. The author said that it wasn't just one epidemic, it was a lot of little epidemics that sold her book. People started coming to her readings in groups. Reading groups would form just around her book. One person would come a buy a copy, not just for themselves, but also for the other people in their reading group. Then these people would tell their friends and then they would go get copies. If people just showed up to her readings single, instead of in groups of six or seven, it would have been much harder for her to reach such a large audience.