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Simone Collins: Optimized Dating, Parasocial Relationships, and Societal Collapse

From the New World

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The Importance of Looks in Relationships

I think we see that even among highly rational people who profess to want to date very logically. And then, you know, we have even tried informal matchmaking experiments to help match our high caliber friends with each other if they have aligned values and goals as a couple. It's not just looks, it's also social ability, general smarts, career attainment, status, and money. But there are lots of people who don't have any of those things.

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