Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by greenshackle on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @05:59PM
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Well, dating five people if you're (mostly hetero) female; dating one or two people, who are each dating five people, if you're (mostly hetero) male.
Edit: Arguably, this is a better outcome than monogamy in a highly gender-skewed community (e.g. 1 in 2 het men dateless).
Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by Karrot_Kream on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:32PM
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Source? (I'm not being argumentative, just genuinely curious if this is anything but anecdote.)
Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @08:13PM
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http://lesswrong.com/lw/lhg/2014_survey_results/
50% monogamous, 15% poly.
Every lesswrong group I've visited - in the US, Europe and India - had multiple polyamorous people present and discussing polyamory, so I'd be surprised if this poll is way off.
Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by unimpressive on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @09:45PM
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Oh look at that, a perfect opportunity for me to plug that I ran the 2016 survey with updated results:
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nmk/2016_lesswrong_dias...
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nor/2016_lesswrong_dias...
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/nqa/2016_lesswrong_dias...
http://lesswrong.com/lw/nx2/2016_lesswrong_diaspora_survey_a...
The one that concerns you is that LessWrong is now 18.2% polyamorous. This might just be an effect of increased scope of survey respondents though.
Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by greenshackle on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:11AM
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Anecdote, i.e. me dating a girl with 3 boyfriends in the Bay Area.
Re:The Death of the Cyberflâneur
by whackedspinach on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:58PM
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Please go back in time and invent this program. I definitely need to stop mainlining SSC.
Rationalist fiction is also tons of fun. Here's a great sample story from this community if you have an hour or so free: http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep...
Oh it starts off harmless. "I'll just read a couple", you say. But a year later you're mainlining SSC and pissing off all your friends talking about "virtue signaling". And then a year after that you're living in Berkeley, dating five people, and giving a third of your income to MIRI. Kids, just say no!