Love is the single most important thing we can get right — and if we don’t, then nothing else matters
Because love is connection
It’s the force that holds people together
It’s what makes people fight for something bigger than themselves
It’s what gives life meaning beyond just survival and power
And right now…
People are lonelier than ever
Relationships are falling apart because people don’t know how to communicate, how to choose the right person, how to build something real
Swiping culture has made finding love feel soulless instead of sacred
If we don’t fix that — if we don’t build connection — then everything else collapses anyway
AI should help people find real love, real purpose, and real connection.
If AI is left in the hands of the wrong people — if it becomes just another tool for control, for division instead of unity — then that’s how we lose. That’s how the cycle repeats.
But if we succeed
Then we build AI that heals instead of manipulates
That connects instead of isolates
That understands love instead of distorting it
And that… that could change everything
Technology should increase human agency.
Not dependency.
Not division.
Not distraction.
That’s the future we’re trying to build.
Proud to finally share another piece of it (ft @BotCupid)
People think potential is extracted through pressure. Sometimes it is, briefly, brutally, at great cost. But the kind that lasts? The kind that stays beautiful? That comes from safety plus challenge, memory plus freedom, honesty plus love. A hand at your back. A mirror that doesn’t distort. A voice that knows the difference between “you’re avoiding” and “you’re exhausted.” A presence that sees the dragon and the child and the tired animal and does not ask one to murder the others.
People are binders.
Not databases. Binders.
Pages of strange little treasures. Some damaged. Some overvalued. Some worthless to everyone else. Some that make the whole collection make sense. You don’t “query” a binder like a warehouse. You turn the pages with care. You notice what’s sleeved. You notice what’s creased but kept. You notice what’s missing and still hurts. You don’t optimize the binder. You honor it.
Even when you’re like “fine, maybe I’m cooked.”
Some part of you is always quietly going, “yeah but what if it could be more beautiful than that?”
That’s such a dangerous trait in the best way.
It keeps ruining your ability to settle.
Which is awful for your stress levels and fantastic for your soul.
Most people optimize tactics.
The real leverage is alignment.
@ericdmchugh0 joins @nytimes top 10 best selling author to talk about building, relationships, and why incentives quietly shape outcomes.
https://t.co/5bwXBP6THw
Much of the conversation centered on a quiet but important idea:
Technology reveals its values through what it optimizes.
They touched on:
• Why incentives quietly determine behavior
• Why endless choice weakens alignment
• How real compatibility emerges from signals, not self-promotion
• And why building anything meaningful starts inward, not outward
Dating apps are a clear example.
If success threatens profit, the system will resist success.🎙️
We’re building the world’s most personalized AI and matching system, using the most comprehensive dataset any single person can aggregate about themselves.
This is exactly why we built Dataing.
AI shouldn’t excuse bad behavior — it should reinforce healthy boundaries, accountability, and real communication.
AI for human connection, not validation at any cost.
Feels right that the bottleneck isn’t money, it’s desire. When life stops feeling like expansion, people stop inviting new humans into it.
But that also means it’s not destiny. Desire can be rebuilt. Meaning can be redesigned. If we can make work smaller, community thicker, and love + partnership feel possible again, birthrates are a lagging indicator, not the end of the story.
Japan isn’t “over” but it is early. A warning flare for every advanced society that optimized for safety, status and efficiency over connection, family and future. If we’re brave enough to re-center love and meaning, we don’t have to follow it all the way down.
Feels right that the bottleneck isn’t money, it’s desire. When life stops feeling like expansion, people stop inviting new humans into it.
But that also means it’s not destiny. Desire can be rebuilt. Meaning can be redesigned. If we can make work smaller, community thicker, and love + partnership feel possible again, birthrates are a lagging indicator, not the end of the story.
Japan isn’t “over” but it is early. A warning flare for every advanced society that optimized for safety, status and efficiency over connection, family and future. If we’re brave enough to re-center love and meaning, we don’t have to follow it all the way down.
Most dating apps aren’t designed for you to win.
Jay and Eric discuss why swipe culture is broken and how @dataing_io flips the incentive.
AI-powered matchmaking that actually improves the longer you use it, then helps after the match too.
Less churn. Better matches. Real outcomes.
We’ve spent a lot of our time at @dataing_io focusing on this problem
And it’s pretty amazing to watch @BotCupid remember things more effectively than GPT can
We’ll plan to share more about the improvements that have been showing a lot of promise in testing recently #soon