Sexonomics

Table of Contents Toggle What is going on? Antiselection How to get someone into bed? How procurement departments work How to forget love Macro level What is going on? With each generational shift, the older generation always complains about the “decline of morals,” while the younger generation accuses the former Continue Reading

Fate grants kingdoms to the enslaved, delivering triumphs to the captives.However, a lucky person like that is rarer than a white crow. Juvenal Why are there two genders at all? In mathematics, there is a method of proof called “proof by contradiction.” This means that to prove the correctness of Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle The first word to freedom Stamp in the passport The meaning of life Flowers. The first word to freedom Freedom can only be achieved and maintained at a price that humanity is generally not willing to pay. George Savile Halifax Imagine a situation where an alien Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Active life stance The Problem of the Picky Bride The Curse of Beauty Dutch syndrome The lure effect Market friction Monopoly Active life stance “Tokolonnikova has a mixed personality disorder, as evidenced by her active life stance.” (from the verdict in the “Pussy Riot” case) In Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle How to sell? Mission Mushroom model Progress, but backwards. Paint the pipe. Conveyor Personal brand How to sell? Marriage is an unsuccessful attempt.turn a random episode into something meaningfullong-term A. Einstein. In marketing, there are three distinct approaches to sales: transactional, consultative, and strategic. To understand Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle I am a robot. The happiness machine Cargo cult The Power of Habit Help of the hall I am a robot. — How come you’re not afraid of anything? — Who told you? — What are you afraid of? — For example… For example, scorpions. Uhm… Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Where is love? To struggle and to seek. The culture we’ve grown into. The monkey within us Moral foundations Big deception Where have all the real men gone? Where is love? Any discussion about love destroys love. L. Tolstoy. The application of economics or mathematics to Continue Reading

If one must be an object, then at least there’s one consolation – to be precious, very precious. A. Ostrovsky. “The Dowryless Girl” Our relationships with people boil down to receiving or providing various goods. Whatever we desire represents demand on our part and, accordingly, supply from other members of Continue Reading

Illustrations: Charles Dana Gibson. Sexonomics Content I am a product. Biology Psychology Marketing Mathematics Philosophy The World of Exceptions Bonus chapters I am grateful to many people whose efforts have made this book better than it could have been. I especially want to acknowledge the voluntary work of Anna Beloritskaya, Continue Reading

© All rights reserved to Roman Petrov. When quoting, it is necessary to indicate the source of the quote. You can only trust someone you know very well. The same goes for instincts. Our relationships with people come down to receiving or providing various benefits. Whatever we desire is a Continue Reading