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Robin Dunbar

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  • the human cognitive limit for stable social relationships is approximately 150 ↗ · source
  • Dunbar's number has been validated across hunter-gatherer band sizes, military units, Hutterite communities, Christmas-card lists, telephone-calling networks, Facebook friend-graphs, and online gaming clans ↗ · source
  • social media has not raised Dunbar's number · source
  • The human cognitive limit for stable social relationships is approximately 150 — "Dunbar's number" · source
  • The Dunbar number is approximately 150 ↗ · source
  • Digital tools do not raise the ceiling of stable social group size · source
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