I can live with that. ;)
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so now I've got an idea that's a mix of - arranged marriages - blockchain - sophisticated financial instrument imagine some sort of smart contract where a price is specified a priori, but (a) it's some kind of an OPTION that one party (the kids, maybe) can exercise or not >>>
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and (b) the price, or at least the division of the assets, depends on some utility function that is calculated later, when the kids are of age. Perhaps some sort of compatibility score on Big Five, etc I can imagine a few variants on this, like - parents want to make it happen
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and so are willing to pledge up to X dollars to the kids, if they agree to get married ... but they don't want to give away money for free if the kids would fall in love anyway, so they lock up the funds in escrow / commit on the blockchain, but the amount of funds are
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calculated later via the compatability function and, sure, the kids are going to lie and pretend to NOT be all that compatible, bc they want BIG wedding present, not smol present but, I mean, this is custom designed for Bollywood romcom, right?
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the young Equity Lord and young Equity Lady have to PRETEND to have tiffs and be uncertain and let everyone see that they are Not Enthusiastic ... even as their eyes smoulder and they try to escape to where the olds can't see them ...cause if they're caught being in love
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the smart contract sends all the money to Rokko's Basilisk or the PRC or something, and they don't get it.
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There is absolutely a romantic comedy here
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Replying to @eigenrobot @MorlockP and
Like Romantic comedy plus Hackers
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no, you're thinking of Jodorowsky's Hackers; we're talking the David Lynch one
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Replying to @MorlockP @eigenrobot and
Fair. The best Lynch rom-com is Eraserhead
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Replying to @Spivonomist @MorlockP and
checks outpic.twitter.com/Gvt4W65BDf
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