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Ali promises a video on the secretary problem (2022)

promise · status: open (updates through 2022, not reported done) · last event: progress update (2022-10-17) · owner: Ali

About: 37 percent rule

date event what video
2022-01-04 promised Ali says he will make another video about the secretary problem some other time. 21 Life Lessons I've Learned 00:05:42
2022-10-17 progress update Ali says the 37% rule, which he explains in a Book Club video, means we usually have to do quite a lot of dating before finding the person. 8 Evidence-Based Tips that Helped Me Find Love 00:14:39

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  • 2022-01-04 · 21 Life Lessons I've Learned — Ali presents the 37% rule from How to Not Die Alone as a way to solve the explore-versus-exploit problem: dating more people shows you what you want, but at some point you have to commit to one person. — 00:05:13
  • 2022-01-04 · 21 Life Lessons I've Learned — Ali finds the 37% rule helpful beyond dating, for questions such as how to niche his YouTube channel, what the business should do and what he wants to do with his life. — 00:06:12