https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/relating/ Recent content in Relating on A Geek's Life Hugo en Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:57:33 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2012/01/20/the-friday-read-2-paradox-of-options/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:57:33 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2012/01/20/the-friday-read-2-paradox-of-options/ <p>Jonah Lehrer  (<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/opposites-dont-attract-and-thats-bad-news/">The Frontal Cortex</a>) reviews a paper by Bahns, Pickett and Crandall on the relationship between social ecology (the make up of a community and its characteristics) and <a href="http://gpi.sagepub.com/content/15/1/119.full.pdf">how people initiate and maintain relationships</a>. They surmise that a bigger pool only makes us more picky, and keener to gravitate to people similar to us (the so called Similarity-Attraction effect).</p> <p>The cliff notes version?</p> <blockquote> <p>When opportunity abounds, people are free to pursue more narrow selection criteria, but when fewer choices are available, they must find satisfaction using broader criteria.</p>