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How many friends do you have… really?

British anthropologist Robin Dunbar argues that if you count people you “maintain a stable social relationship” with then you can never have more than 150.  These 150 individuals may change in personnel, but at any one time, 150 is all the ‘friends’ you’ve got. This is because our human brain can only handle around 150 [...]

Malcolm Gladwell, Robin Dunbar

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