Question: Gladwell describes a subset of the power of context called channel capacity-the brain's limit on how much certain kinds of information, including social ties, it can handle at one time. Because this capacity is finite, it shapes how we socialize, whom we spend time with, and who belongs to our closest circle. Close relationships take significant time and energy. Gladwell suggests listing the people whose deaths would devastate you; for most, that list is about twelve. Psychologists call this our "sympathy group." Twelve is roughly the upper limit of high-quality bonds an average person can maintain simultaneously. Since our attention is limited, trying to include more than twelve intimate ties reduces the depth and quality of each relationship.--simpler version without em dashes: Need Assignment Help?