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Nov 14, 2025
Join Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and author on happiness, as he dives into the intriguing intersection of love and logic. He proposes that love can be both spiritual and rational, suggesting we can approach dating like a mathematical equation. The conversation touches on the concept of multiple soulmates and the complexities of finding 'the one.' Gawdat also examines the dating market's 80-20 rule, revealing how it distorts expectations and often blinds people to great matches.
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Love As A Spiritual-Logical Phenomenon
- Mo Gawdat defines love as two souls belonging together longing to be together in the physical world.
- He frames love as spiritual and fear as physical, making emotions translatable into logical equations.
Emotions Can Be Modeled Logically
- Mo Gawdat argues emotions can follow logic and be expressed algebraically despite seeming erratic.
- He contrasts fear as a conviction about future safety with love existing in a spiritual domain.
Dating As A Skewed Market Dynamic
- Gawdat compares dating to a market where 80% of one group chases 20% of the other, creating skewed demand.
- He explains this causes the sought-after subset to become spoiled and many good matches to be ignored.