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NETfrix Shorts: Why is Dunbar the loneliest number?

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Professor robin dunbar has devoted his life to social research. He found that humans have 150 friends, no matter what culture and in which period. Dunbar's number refers to the number of friendships a person can maintain given a cognitive threshold. According to dunbar, lonely people tend to die much earlier than others.

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