Apr 1, 2021
British anthropologist and “mathematician of relationships”
Robin Dunbar insists in his new book “Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships” that people can only maintain a certain number of friends at one time. Not only that, he believes that having too many friends can be just as bad as having none at all.
According to Dunbar’s research:
150 is the “magic number” when it comes to quantity of friends a person needs for success.
These 150 people are described as “regular” friends, such as people you see at things like weddings or reunions, but don’t necessarily see all that often.