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What happens when dating goes online?

This paper studies how online dating platforms have impacted marital outcomes, assortative matching, and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the United States. We construct county-level measures of online dating usage using data from website-based platforms (2002-2013) and mobile app-based platforms (2017-2023). Leveraging county-level variation and an instrumental variable strategy, we show in the desktop […] The post What happens when dating goes online? appeared first on Marginal R...

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Culture

Indicate precisely what you mean to say…

The book I was reading is titled Encounters and Reflections: Conversations with Seth Benardete, here is one excerpt: Michael: What was [Allan] Bloom like when you first met him? Seth: He was supersensitive to people’s defects. He had antennae out, he knew exactly… Robert: People’s weak spots? Seth: Oh yes, it was extraordinary. Ronna: You […] The post Indicate precisely what you mean to say… appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMorally judging famous and semi-famous peoplePod...

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Geopolitics

Is America Really Going to War for Greenland?

Matt Welch appears on the left speaking into a microphone, Greenland protesters fill the center image holding flags, and Kat Rosenfeld appears on the right wearing headphones. Text at the top reads “BREAKING THE ALLIANCE?”

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