Ep. 62 - The Second Most Important Decision of Your Life - BONUS EPISODE: An Unsentimental Guide to Dating in the 21st Century

Welcome to an intriguing It Stands Written Podcast episode where Justin, Braden, and Earnest revisit the Second Most Important Decision of Your Life series with a bonus episode. As Earnest recognized the failing dating market in our world today he took time and effort to figure out how to date in the time we live in and put his findings to the test. This episode is discussed in 6 different sections, including why the market is terrible, practical advice for men and women, and different resources to utilize. We give you this as advice if you desire to start dating in the world we live in. As you seek a spouse remember to seek God first in all you do.

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Resources mentioned:

- The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life

- Why Men Get So Few Matches on Dating Apps (Memeable Data)

- A Brief Summary of OkCupid’s Lobotomization

- Male Dating & Sex Struggles: A Problem in Plain Sight (Macabre Storytelling)

[Cavet: Great video, useful dating advice, but it has a libertarian consent-based sexuality and a semi-negative view of masculinity.] 

- How To Find a Wife In A Fallen World (Based Camp)

[Cavet: Directionally correct, but a little extreme.]

- Keeper.ai

- Zones v3 - The most useful relationship map in history (Hoe Math)

[Cavet: Somewhat Redpill, objectifying, and reductionistic. Nevertheless helpful as a first pass for clueless young men to understand.]

- Women Prefer Submissive Roles in Relationships but Not in The Way You Think (Based Camp).

[Cavet: They have a libertarian morality; also, replace their “evolutionary psychology” with the more biblical idea that different genders and individuals are subject to differential temptations.]

- Self Maximize (Hoe Math)

[Cavet: A little overly-Redpill, but has excellent intellectual principals.]

- The Pragmatist's Guide to Relationships: Ruthlessly Optimized Strategies for Dating, Sex, and Marriage (Simone and Malcolm Collins)

[Cavet: A mix of inimitable genius, extreme moral libertarianism, and occasionally wild ideas. Read only as a mature Christian who can baptise the gold from the dross, or with a wise older counsellor who can do the baptising for you.]

- Dating: a Research Journal (Put a NUM on It)

[Cavet: A libertarian consent-based sexuality, and a little out of date.]

- Snappr.com

- Photofeeler.com

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