TIL Dunbar's research suggests that humans can comfortably maintain approximately 150meaningful relationships. These relationships can range from close family and friends to more distant acquaintances. Beyond the number, it becomes increasingly challenging to remember and maintain social connections
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MidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeats •
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"Even the highly cited examples of 150-people networks have been criticised as overwhelmingly skewed towards rich, educated, and industrialised societies, with non-western cultures rarely mentioned. Confirmation bias may well be a factor in the popularity and acceptance of Dunbar’s number."
https://oxsci.org/end-of-dunbars-number/
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The end of Dunbar’s number: Have our social networks changed for good? - The Oxford Scientist
Helen Collins (The Oxford Scientist)