Working with the anthropologist Russell Hill, Dunbar pieced together the average English household’s network of yuletide cheer. The ...

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> Working with the anthropologist Russell Hill, Dunbar pieced together the average English household’s network of yuletide cheer. The researchers were able to report, for example, that about a quarter of cards went to relatives, nearly two-thirds to friends, and 8 percent to colleagues. The primary finding of the study, however, was a single number: the total population of the households each set of cards went out to. That number was 153.5, or roughly 150. --The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks - Businessweek

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