Quick thoughts: 1) I found this interesting, thanks! 2) There’s a significant gender imbalance in the Bay Area scene at least. 3) Lots of EAs I know are in Academia; either getting advanced degrees or doing research. Academia presents a lot of challenges to relationships, I would be curious how our statistics compare to those in Academia. 4) Many of my non-EA friends seem to place great value on relationships, my EA friends less so. 5) I would be surprised if poly actually made that big of a difference. My guess would be that it’s not actually that popular in EA. I get the impression that poly sounds radical and has been discussed by some of the key people, so seems like a much bigger deal than it really is.
On the other hand, talking to a friend in the Bay area rationality scene, it sounds like maybe even with the gender imbalance there are more women looking to settle down than men? In which case the gender imbalance is actually likely making marriage more common?
Quick thoughts:
1) I found this interesting, thanks!
2) There’s a significant gender imbalance in the Bay Area scene at least.
3) Lots of EAs I know are in Academia; either getting advanced degrees or doing research. Academia presents a lot of challenges to relationships, I would be curious how our statistics compare to those in Academia.
4) Many of my non-EA friends seem to place great value on relationships, my EA friends less so.
5) I would be surprised if poly actually made that big of a difference. My guess would be that it’s not actually that popular in EA. I get the impression that poly sounds radical and has been discussed by some of the key people, so seems like a much bigger deal than it really is.
The gender imbalance would only matter if EAs are reluctant to marry outside the group—is that the speculation here?
First, mostly; it is the speculation. Second, in the Bay Area, there’s also a gender imbalance outside of EA.
On the other hand, talking to a friend in the Bay area rationality scene, it sounds like maybe even with the gender imbalance there are more women looking to settle down than men? In which case the gender imbalance is actually likely making marriage more common?
Good to know, I wasn’t aware.
Maybe there’s some small benefit there, but I’d still be surprised if the gender imbalance on net increased the percentage of marriages.