One english anthropologist, named Dunbar, introduced an important concept for social studies, the so called Dunbar's number. Basically, because of how our brain is made, we can have meaningful relatio

Matteo Palmieri

One english anthropologist, named Dunbar, introduced an important concept for social studies, the so called Dunbar's number. Basically, because of how our brain is made, we can have meaningful relationship only with a few people; we can care about friends and people we know, but their number can't grow bigger than the Dunbar's number, that is supposed to be 150 for an average human.

Jun 10, 2021 7:44 PM

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An English anthropologist, named Dunbar, introduced an important concept for social studies, the so-called Dunbar's number. Basically, because of how our brain is made, we can have meaningful relationship only with a few people; we can care about friends and people we know, but their number can't grow bigger than the Dunbar's number, that is supposed to be 150 for an average human.

Wow, I didn't know that! Do you know why this is the case?

June 11, 2021

One english anthropologist, named Dunbar, introduced an important concept for social studies, “Dunbar's number.” Basically, because of how our brain is made, we can only have meaningful relationships with a few people; we can care about friends and people we know, but their number can't exceed Dunbar's number. For an average human that number is supposed to be around 150.

June 10, 2021

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