Philosophics3d ago

🥰 Ever the romantic, I look under the covers at the calculus of matchmaking.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/04/16/double-coincidence-of-wants/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

It should be no surprise to most that dating is not an economic endeavour (with some obvious exceptions). In this blog post and associated podcast, I articulate why.

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y5d ago

you say we must each

you say we must each 
be willing to flex a little 
so that neither you 
nor i become routinely 
stuck in our discomfort 
zone, perhaps
that is another way 
of loving, cadenced  
surrenders that can
reverberate like joy
.
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La détection automatique adapte l'accessibilité aux préférences des utilisateurs. Lors de mon adhésion, la plateforme reconnaît l'anglais, allemand, japonais, français ou espagnol pour des interactions inclusives personnalisées. (Traduit par l'IA) #DétectionAutomatique #Préférences https://vedfolnir.org #DétectionAutomatique #Préférences #DétectionAutomatiquePréférences #DétectionAutomatique #Préférences #DétectionAutomatique #Préférences #PixelFed #Vedfolnir #DétectionAutomatique #Préférences
John Griogair BellMar 25
“As magicians it’s essential that we train ourselves to be capable of taking on any role. As individuals, it’s important to recognize the preferences that make up our unique character.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/03/25/as-magicians-its-essential-that-we-train-ourselves-to-be-capable-of-taking-on-any-role-as-individuals-its-important-to-recognize-the-preferences-that-make-up-our-unique-character/ #anyRole #book #BrandyWilliams #capable #essential #important #individuals #MagicStudies #magicians #makeUp #occultism #Occultisme #ourselves #preferences #quote #recognize #RitesAndCeremonies #RitesEtCeReMonies #SexReligiousAspects #SpiritualityReligion #taking #train #uniqueCharacter
David SentinellaMar 23
#Labor was correct to criticise the #Libs for preferencing #OneNation in the #SA #Election, but if it doesn't run a candidate in the #FarrerByElection it will be seen as giving up. #Preferences really count in shifting the agenda. Be principled like the #Greens
Antony Green's Election BlogMar 21

Updates on the South Australian Election Result

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Updates on the South Australian Election Result

I’ve been in Adelaide this week working for the ABC on the state election coverage. I may have retired from on camera work, but I’m still involved in analysis off camera. And last night…

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Antony Green's Election BlogMar 16

Do Green Voters Follow How-to-Votes?

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Do Green Voters Follow How-to-Votes?

Headline Summary – Strong flows of Green preferences to Labor are often cited as being due to preference “deals”. When you examine the data, the flows are due to the instinctive i…

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WIST QuotationsFeb 20

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age. Youth is wholly experimental. The essence and charm of that unquiet and delightful epoch is ignorance of self as well as ignorance of life. These two unknowns the young man brings together again and again, now in the airiest touch, now with a bitter hug; now with exquisite pleasure, now with cutting pain; but never with indifference, to which he is a total stranger, and never with that near kinsman of indifference, contentment.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1888-09), “A Letter to a Young Gentleman who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art,” Scribner’s Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1888-09), "A Letter to a Young Gentleman who Proposes to Embrace the Career of Art," Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3 | WIST Quotations

To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age. Youth is wholly experimental. The essence and charm of that unquiet and delightful epoch is ignorance of self as well as ignorance of life. These two unknowns the young man brings together again and again, now…

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Antony Green's Election BlogFeb 26

SA2026 – Where One Nation will poll strongest

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FED2025 – Independent Two-Party Preferred Preference Flow Data

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FED2025 – Independent Two-Party Preferred Preference Flow Data

The 2025 House of Representatives election was the first where more than a third of primary votes were cast for ‘Others’. In total, minor parties and Independents recorded 33.6% of the …

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