{"id":135288,"date":"2020-12-28T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=135288"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:39:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:39:25","slug":"the-secrets-of-other-peoples-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=135288","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets of Other People&#8217;s Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEfjjor2Ew0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of us in relationships suffer from an ignorance of what other people\u2019s relationships are really like. We should recognise that episodes of difficulty and ambivalence are not the exception, but the norm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of us in relationships suffer from an ignorance of what other people\u2019s relationships are really like. We should recognise that episodes of difficulty and ambivalence are not the exception, but the norm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-secrets-of-other-peoples-rel.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44810,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=44810","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":0},"title":"Christopher Ryan: Are we designed to be sexual omnivores?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"21\/02\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An idea permeates our modern view of relationships: that men and women have always paired off in sexually exclusive relationships. But before the dawn of agriculture, humans may actually have been quite promiscuous. Author Christopher Ryan walks us through the controversial evidence that human beings are sexual omnivores by nature,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PPT\/ cool decks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":147870,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=147870","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":1},"title":"People Are Falling In Love With AI Chatbots. What Could Go Wrong?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"07\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/otAWu-bLv0Q?si=pjkFtsN6l1ootqB2 Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction. OpenAI\u2019s launch of ChatGPT in 2022 ushered in a new era of artificial intelligence chatbots from companies like Nomi, Character AI and Replika, and tech titans like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are touting chatbots on their platforms. The AI companions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"videos","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=193"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-are-falling-in-love-with.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-are-falling-in-love-with.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-are-falling-in-love-with.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-are-falling-in-love-with.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-are-falling-in-love-with.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42872,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=42872","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":2},"title":"The Future of Relationships","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"06\/12\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Everything evolves, including how human beings relate to one another in intimate relationships. Norms which have been relatively stable in this space have been mutating and changing rapidly over the past ten years - and will continue along this trajectory into the foreseeable future. Interesting thoughts by sparks & honey","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PPT\/ cool decks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72514,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=72514","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":3},"title":"A Room Listening to Itself","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/135961039 In \"A Room Listening to Itself\" In this work, sound is produced through a \"making audible\" of the physical relationships between microphones, reclaimed speaker cones, and the gallery\u2019s surrounding acoustic environment. Using the aural phenomena of tuned microphone feedback alongside recursive amplification networks, the gallery space is turned into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"videos","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=193"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28665,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=28665","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":4},"title":"To understand is to perceive patterns","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"08\/02\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/34176163 Albert-L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Barab\u00e1si, author of LINKED, wants you to think about NETWORKS:\u201cNetworks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and professional ties.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"videos","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=193"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":124816,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=124816","url_meta":{"origin":135288,"position":5},"title":"To understand is to perceive patterns","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"07\/02\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/34176163 Albert-L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Barab\u00e1si, author of LINKED, wants you to think about NETWORKS:\u201cNetworks are everywhere. The brain is a network of nerve cells connected by axons, and cells themselves are networks of molecules connected by biochemical reactions. Societies, too, are networks of people linked by friendships, familial relationships and professional ties.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135289,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135288\/revisions\/135289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}