150

[ithildin]

"Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University, developed a theory in the 1990s dubbed Dunbar's Number. The theory contends that the human brain is only capable of managing relationships--staying in contact at least once per year and knowing how friends relate to others--with about 150 people."

Sorry, Facebook friends: Our brains can't keep up

Comments

[grachonok.livejournal.com]

*looks at my LJ-profile* 175, 159 mutual. Well, minus some ghost accounts and journals that I read like newspapers and journals I actually don't read - it will be about 150, yes. And I agree it's the upper limit or very close to it.

[shadadukal]

That's gotta be the upper limit. Mine's probably lower though.

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

I know mine's lower than that. I have the attention span of a gerbil.

[keerawa.livejournal.com]

150? I'm lucky if I can keep up with how folks relate to each other for ... 10 people. Of course, that may be the Asperger's.

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. 150 people seems like a large number. But I guess they are only talking about capability and not what the average number of people/relationships are for a person.