Neil Strauss’ The Game – Stylelife Academy

I’m single and considering online dating. I haven’t lost faith in randomly meeting someone who rings my bell , but why not jumpstart the process a little bit, right? Why not see who’s out there in my fair city and, if anything, get some much-needed practice small talking across the table from someone else? But like any good journalist, I want to get my facts straight before diving in. And fortunately, I was assigned to find out whether online dating works for Discovery News and chatted with some experts about the pros and cons of searching for a special somebody on the Internet.

For the past week, Amy Webb has been inspiring people to calculate their own algorithm for love. Her laugh-out-loud TED Talk, about reverse engineering her online dating profile and, essentially, data-ing her way into her perfect relationship has gotten a lot of attention, including on The Frisky and Pop Sugar.

This is one of those times. In two different cities, he and I, complete strangers and lovers of elephant journal were reading an article about love. We both joined and found each other. On the same day, at the same time. And, so it began. First, the sharing of long emails back and forth to one another. Sharing information about ourselves and beginning to feel like we somehow already knew each other.

Then, came the texting.