The contents of this article aren't too interesting, but the topic is. People using dating apps like Tinder optimise for matching profile attributes. The only

The contents of this article aren't too interesting, but the topic is. People using dating apps like Tinder optimise for matching profile attributes. The only information we have to filter people is their profiles. And we assume that a greater number of shared interests/values/etc. will make for a better partner. But that's not necessarily true. I actually find it quite unlikely to be true. There might be some correlation, but it can't be very strong. If it were, than all the long term happy couples would consist of basically identical people. But that's clearly not the case. I suspect that most relationships fail not because of true incompatibilities, but because the huge increase of the dating pool size has made us believe that it's about finding the right match, instead of making it. And in that process we have lost some critical relationship skills that are needed to make a partnership work. That's very unfortunate, but at the same time an incredibly helpful realisation.