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Dunbar’s Number, friendships, and collaboration with Robin Dunbar.

Robin Dunbar is the creator of “Dunbar’s Number”. He is an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. Professor Dunbar is also the author of multiple books, his latest is Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships. 

What we talked about…

• Dunbar’s Number.
• Friendships as extroverts and introverts.
• Loneliness.
• The case for supporting the extroverts in your life.
• Why touch is a fundamental way of engagement with friends and family.
• Facebook friends vs. acquaintances  
• Can VR trick our brains into touch, and are there concerns?
• The value of pub life. 
• McDonald’s as a rural social hub. 
• Can the workplace become a social center for friendships?
• Why working from home won’t work.
• People would rather have less money and more of a social environment.
• Building collaborative workplaces.
• Book recommendation: The Life of Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood from Today’s Leaders, Icons, and Legendary Dads.

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