How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love
But Schwartz and his colleagues62 find that the paradox mostly applies to people they call “maximizers”—those who habitually try to evaluate all the options, seek out more information, and make the best choice (or “maximize their utility,” as economists would say). Other people—“satisficers”—are more laid back about choice. They evaluate an array o
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We think we know the ingredients for happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside, and popular author on the subject of happiness, summarized several reviews of the literature on the elements we commonly consider: “a comfortable income, robust health, a supportive marriage, and lack of tragedy or t
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How many people do you need to date to find the perfect match? Matt Parker explains in his book Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension. First, take a guess at the number of different people you might go out with. A rough guess will do. Obviously you have to sleep, you probably won’t go on a date every night, and you’d like to be married befo
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“You should look for a chemistry that’s a six or seven and a compatibility that’s a nine,”