"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences matter more on dates than in general corporate contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are usually just two people, and even people looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs of two.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, large group marriages working on a startup are a standard solution to some romantic problems if they otherwise work for everyone."

"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences are more specific to dates than just generic interpersonal contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are usually just two people, and even people looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs of two.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, large group marriages working on a startup are a standard solution to some romantic problems if they otherwise work for everyone."

"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences are more specific to dates than just generic interpersonal contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are usually just two people, and even people looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, large group marriages working on a startup are a standard solution to some romantic problems if they otherwise work for everyone."

"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences are more specific to dates than just generic interpersonal contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are usually just two people, and even people looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, forming a large group marriage to found a startup together is a standard solution to some romantic problems if they otherwise work for everyone, including awkward silences."

"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences are more specific to dates than just generic interpersonal contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are usually just two people, and even people looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, forming a large group marriage to found a startup together is a standard solution to some romantic problems if that otherwise works for everyone, including the problem of awkward silences."

"Noted.  To answer your previous question up the stack, about why awkward silences are more specific to dates than just generic interpersonal contexts, the chain of empirical regularities plays out like this:  Humans are mainly designed in evolutionary context to have sex and bear children in pairs, and don't have the appendages some aliens do to have reproductive sex with three or more people.  So at least on my origin planet, marriages are often just two people.  Even people just looking to spark enough mutual attraction to support casual sex usually carry out that activity in pairs.  So in romance and sexuality you've got two people who are looking to be happy to be around each other, and carry out activities that support and continue an emotional relationship with each other, and if instead they fall into a long painful awkward silence there's nobody else to pick up the slack and no other activity they can just get on with instead."

"If they were in a startup together, they could just as easily meet with five people instead of two, or when people ran out of things to say they could go back to programming.  That's why 'awkward silence' is more stereotypically a problem to solve in a romantic relationship than in a company, and why the easiest solutions for startups don't import straight over to marriages.  Though, to be clear, forming a large group marriage to found a startup together is a standard solution to some romantic problems if that otherwise works for everyone, including the problem of awkward silences."