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For #8. Dating, it has progressed pretty significantly with the likes of OkCupid, swipe-based apps (Tinder, Bubmle, Hinge), CMB to name a few. Heck it has done
by CodeSheikh 9y ago
For #8. Dating, it has progressed pretty significantly with the likes of OkCupid, swipe-based apps (Tinder, Bubmle, Hinge), CMB to name a few. Heck it has done so well that IAC spun off its dating group as a separate business entity with its own IPO of The Match Group.
- encoderer 9y agoTinder has changed everything here. Top grossing app last year. Real genius is not the swipe interface it’s the double opt-in that solves a lot of the signal v noise problem on old time dating sites like okcupid, match, etc.
- chaostheory 9y agoThat feature reminds me of what they had in Logan's Run. A lot of stuff feels like people trying to implement an idea from one of their fav sci-fi books or movies.
- busterarm 9y agoThe part where at 30 you're deemed useless to society?
- failrate 9y agoThat definitely sounds like Tinder to me.
- chaostheory 9y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlRMDzHYgt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlRMDzHYgt4
- pishpash 9y agoNext step to make it more efficient is to accept rank lists and to federate, solving the matchmaking problem globally.
- matte_black 9y agoNo, the next step is to tie in with DNA and ancestry services like 23andMe to help find a real mate for long term relationships and bearing children, and not just short flings or one night stands.
- paganel 9y agoThe DNA thing sounds dystopian. Maybe that’s where we’re heading, anyway, but it doesn’t feel right.
- matte_black 9y agoTo me it sounds like the opposite, a utopia. All throughout history, genes have been passed down through natural selection based on short term traits. If we can select partners based on things like longevity, cancer resistance, disease risks, IQ, we can produce a better world filled with better humans, slowly but surely.
- sebleon 9y ago> better humans Ah, sounds like you’re into eugenics. Do you believe humans are wise enough to determine what traits are favorable? Increased longevity, for instance, seems short-sighted. We already have extreme population growth. While natural survival instincts strive to fight death, what’s the net benefit to society of helping more people make it through their 90s? Phases like childhood and parenthood would become smaller fractions of life, does extending old age make your overall life experience better? Would society progress as quickly with more old people around?
- matte_black 9y agoI think lifespan is only worth increasing if there is a corresponding increase in health span. My grandmothers are both in their 90s and quite lucid and healthy. I would love to be at least in their condition when I’m in my 90s, but I also am serious about exercise and nutrition so I would hope I’d be even better off than them. They do nothing of that sort. Likewise, I’d like to be with a woman at that age who would also be just as healthy, and retain her faculties. Unfortunately, unless I extensively investigate a woman’s family history, I have no way of knowing if she’ll really be capable of living that long. What good is being a very old age if my partner is disabled and limits me from certain activities? This inequality between lifespans is going to become a much greater concern for humans in the future, you will see. Perhaps it will become most noticeable as the baby boomers begin to die. Also, I think society could progress even faster if the wisdom and experience of old people can be harnessed and not just tossed aside as “antiquated”. We need to rethink the way we think about the elderly, because one day those elderly will be us.
- Karrot_Kream 9y agoDating is still pretty broken for minorities or people who aren't into the heteronormative scene. Grindr has been great for gay men, but for minority folks (whether they be part of a minority group or have minority preferences), dating is still very much unsolved.
- tlb 9y agoHER (https://weareher.com/ https://weareher.com/) is dating for lesbians and other non-heteronormative people. Color Dating (http://www.colordatingapp.com/ http://www.colordatingapp.com/) lets you match by race/ethnicity. Muzmatch (https://muzmatch.com/ https://muzmatch.com/) has features needed by Muslims. [All 3 are YC-funded]
- Karrot_Kream 9y agoOh yeah I love the fact that there are startups in this space, I just meant that dating is not yet solved in the minority space.
- exolymph 9y agoThat's a problem with more demand than supply, fundamentally.
- wuliwong 9y agoOkCupid was founded in 2004. But Tinder definitely changed the space.
- icantdrive55 9y agoI have a question for anyone in their twenties, and thirties. What percentage of your friends use Tinder on a regular basis? Just a rough estimate.