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Singapore is tapping a Nobel-winning formula to help its useless singles get dates

Fortune4 min read

FirstDate offers one potential match at a time, testing whether fewer choices can help singles build a connection.

We’ve all seen those emails or spam ads, telling us of singles in our areas. Sometimes they get past our spam blocker and pop up in our email box. While most of us might delete them, some Singaporean civil servants might soon reconsider: it may very well be a dating service, courtesy of the government. FirstDate, a pilot program introduced by Singapore’s Government Technology Agency (GovTech), offers single public officers ages 21 to 35 one potential match. Once users receive a match, they have 72 hours…

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