Nervous Habits - Episode 3: Modern Dating = Option Overload

Nervous Habits with Ricky Rosen

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

--Why having millions of options in the modern dating world might actually be a bad thing...

--Why you should be a "satisficer" rather than a "maximizer" in your love life...

--How lack of investment and the transactional nature of dating apps turns everybody in a flake...

--Why it's better to sprint in 2 minute intervals than jog for 30 minutes straight, and...

--Why Tom Brady belongs in the conversation with Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, and Muhammad Ali, as being among the greatest athletes ever.

Corrections from the Podcast:

1. In the episode, I attribute the source of the concept of "maximizing" and "satisficing" to Jonah Lehrer, but it was actually coined by Barry Schwartz in his book, The Paradox of Choice.

2. The boxing movie for which Jake Gyllenhall got absolutely shredded was Southpaw (not the Fighter).

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. To learn more about consumerism and the economics of 21st century materialism, check out the book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Noah Yuval Harari.

2. To learn more about the concepts of maximizing and satisficing in decision-making, check out the book: The Paradox of Choice, by Barry Schwartz.

3. For more on the sunk-cost fallacy - https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/sunk-cost-fallacy/

4. For more on the regret minimization framework - https://medium.com/@alyjuma/the-regret-minimization-framework-how-jeff-bezos-made-decisions-4d5a86deaf24

5. For more on high-intensity interval training (H.I.I.T.) - https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/a-z/high-intensity-interval-training-hiit

6. For more on aerobic / anaerobic respiration - https://livehealthy.chron.com/muscles-use-aerobic-anaerobic-respiration-5353.html

7. For more on analyzing your heart rate during cardio and H.I.I.T. - https://www.verywellfit.com/heart-zone-training-3432619