3/23/2007

The Economics of Signaling in a Mating Market

Filed under: Culture, Personal — Tim @ 11:04 am

shirtless.pngDavid Skarbek said the following after seeing this picture:

I’ll bet that your odd behavior is a good sorting mechanism for women. The stuck up ones see you acting like an idiot so don’t bother, but the fun ones stick around.

Note: although I’m not a fan of Nash from Beautiful Mind, any nightlife veteran can tell you his Theory of the Wingman is pretty legit.

Surely someone can put together a thesis on self-selection from a Hayekian framework of imperfection information.

For more goofy examples see 1 2 or my MySpace/Facebook profiles. Props to John Goes for some synergy.