Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Yes, and — IMO — you should consider seeking out relationships with cumulative risk and reward if you don't have them already. Intimacy builds naturally in relationships where people aren't filling roles where they're fungible, like companionship. That's vital, but not sufficienthttps://twitter.com/simonsarris/status/1182344417887358976 …

Optionality isn't a *bad* thing, but it trades off against stability — if friends/partners can be replaced, they can replace you. An ideal cultural settling point allows people to abandon harmful relationships but feel secure in their net-positive ones during periods of turmoil

Importantly, committed couples & tight-knit friend groups enable better & qualitatively different outcomes than a bunch of individuals engaging in one-off trades. You can raise kids, build orgs, buy costly communal goods/investments, create financial slack during volatile periods