Comments on: Robin Dunbar: Why you cannot have more than 150 real friends

By: Kwangbae Lee

Kwangbae Lee — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:48:59 +0000

Robin Dunbar: Why you cannot have more than 150 real friends | StandStrong.TV http://t.co/eu0kKpV

By: Filip Matous

Filip Matous — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:20:00 +0000

Haha, yeah I agree Kristy, 150 is far far too many friends. I have some 400+ fb friends but as for real amigos I’m happy with a handful that have my back. I think 150 means acquaintances and people you are aware of to some degree.

I had some thoughts on this:
http://standstrong.tv/mark-vernon-on-the-philosophy-of-friendship/

By: Kristy McInnis

Kristy McInnis — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:11:00 +0000

wow – 150 sounds like A LOT of friends to keep up with. even though i have 500 + facebook “friends” i would say i don’t keep in touch with more than 50ish on a semi-regular basis.

By: Tatiana Tosi

Tatiana Tosi — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:11:46 +0000

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By: Michelle Chmielewski

Michelle Chmielewski — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:58:33 +0000

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Facebook for Parents — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:11:07 +0000

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By: Mark Vernon on the Philosophy of Friendship | StandStrong.TV

Mark Vernon on the Philosophy of Friendship | StandStrong.TV — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:49:05 +0000

[...] Aristotle said that you can have all sorts of things in life, you can have a family, a career, money, but if you don’t have friendship then your life is lacking. In a previous post we discussed Epicurus’ view that friendship is the greatest possesion in the world. Also when we interviewed Prof Robin Dunbar he explained that we can only have a dozen or so real friends and that the human brain can only handle 150 acquaintanc… [...]

By: Filip Matous

Filip Matous — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:49:34 +0000

Broski, I totally agree; if I had to name 100 people I keep in somewhat regular touch with, on my own without access to any online list, I would seriously struggle.

By: nate aikele

nate aikele — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:48:33 +0000

Mr Amazing-

I was just thinking about how many people I actually keep in contact with and I would struggle with coming up with even 100 possibilities, this philosophy on the ceiling of friends makes logical sense.

By: Jess Sloss

Jess Sloss — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:25 +0000

Why 400 friends may be a Health Hazard. http://standstrong.tv/robin-dunbar-why-you-cannot-have-more-than-150-real-friends/