Robin Dunbar on friends—the cure for all that ails us

Friends are fun, but they bring much more to our lives than just company. In his book, "Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships," Robin Dunbar explains why, beyond mental health benefits, friends, more than anything else, offer longer, healthier lives. (And no, online friends don't count.)

Robin is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author. I spoke with him about friends: why we need them, how we make them, what the magic number of friends is, and what to do if we find ourselves lacking.

https://www.amazon.com/Friends-Robin-Dunbar/dp/1408711737
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