How
many friends do you have in your Facebook, Twitter. LinkedIn and
other social networks? Is it in ones or tens or hundreds or thousands?
Do you stay up to date with all of them? A survey conducted by Robin
Dunbar, Professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University,
found that irrespective of the number of connections, people maintain
meaningful relationships with only a maximum of 150 people. This
is the "Dunbar number" he theorized in 1990. Dunbar discovered
a correlation between an animal's neocortex size (part of the brain
which processes language and conscious thought) to its social group
size. Based on human's neocortex size he computed that humans can
only keep a maximum of ... more
Right now, US Presidential election campaign is at
full steam. A recent survey found that 52% of Americans have expressed
small to significant stress due to the upcoming election. This is
not a huge surprise as this election will be remembered for a long
time for its controversies, allegations, counter-allegations and
unconventional campaigns. ... more
In this edition, we have picked contents
on 'Take Five' theme with funny quotes from election candidates.
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How
many friends do you have in your Facebook, Twitter. LinkedIn and
other social networks? Is it in ones or tens or hundreds or thousands?
Do you stay up to date with all of them? A survey conducted by Robin
Dunbar, Professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University,
found that irrespective of the number of connections, people maintain
meaningful relationships with only a maximum of 150 people. This
is the "Dunbar number" he theorized in 1990. Dunbar discovered
a correlation between an animal's neocortex size (part of the brain
which processes language and conscious thought) to its social group
size. Based on human's neocortex size he computed that humans can
only keep a maximum of ... 
