Using Math to Find Love on OkCupid with Chris Mcinklay

Show Notes

Chris Mckinlay’s disparate career path has led to working as a Chinese- English translator, playing team blackjack, and eventually a math PHD program at UCLA. The perfect real world scenario to test the the knowledge gained from his math PHD was OkCupid. And using math to hack OkCupid eventually led to meeting the love of his life.

A look at an unconventional college experience in China
Why intentional discomfort is instrumental to growth
How to deal with the feeling that you don’t fit in
The realities of survival in other parts of the world
Learning to reorient your life in order to find meaning
Life as a professional blackjack player
Using a painful experience as a powerful opportunity for growth
Learning to see connections and patterns in your work
The myths that technology will drastically improve your life
Balancing the qualitative and quantitative elements of dating
Hilarious online dating anecdotes and things to avoid
How Chris’ appearance on Wired led to other opportunities

Resources Mentioned

How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find Love

Chris Mcinklay has a PhD in Mathematics from UCLA.

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