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We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained than we think.
The unseen hand in them all is the networks that surroun... See more
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For women, intimacy with their romantic partner (as opposed to their best friend) was best predicted by similarity in financial potential, outgoingness, dependability and kindness.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Mia Dixler • Log Off
The extremes of total bondage and total freedom strike me as being on the wrong scale for human relationships. They are appropriate for creatures much larger or smaller than us. We humans need to do our living, and our moralizing, in the middle. Often a relationship that doesn’t work in one form might work in another form, a renegotiated one. And e
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The All-or-Nothing Marriage — Eli J. Finkel
They looked at the patterns with which contacts joined and were lost over time, as well as whether or not messages were reciprocated (replies were received to emails sent, implying there was a real relationship),
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
David Titarenco • RFC: Let’s Disrupt Dating Apps
Ideally, we want some simple rubric for deciding whether it is worth investing further time and effort in getting to know them better.