BOSTON – While the presidential primaries are heating up, so are some politically oriented dating websites. BernieSingles.com is only the latest in a slew of singles sites for those trying to find a partner who is politically as well as personally compatible.
Today's singles aren't just more comfortable with chatting about politics compared with previous generations – it actually boosts their chances of winning another date, according to a Match.com study released last month.
Sometimes I'll play with the GPS navigation display in my car, even when I'm not looking for directions. I have this small dial that zooms in or out on my location with each turn: street, block, neighborhood, city, county, state, region, country, continent and world. While I'm stopped at a light, I like to zoom out to the dot on the image of the globe in outer space. It reminds me of when I was a kid and I would lie in bed thinking about my relative size from increasing distances above me.
In my everyday life, my mind defaults to zoom into street level. Street level is about me—my short-term goals, my agenda, my current activities and my immediate desires. It's natural that I default to street level, but I wonder what would change if my default was much bigger, if it was dialed out to the story larger than myself.
