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From the Ted Talk by George Blair-West: Is your partner "the one?" Wrong question

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Around 500 years ago, Erasmus told us that prevention was better than cure. Now, that might seem forward-thinking, but when bloodsucking leeches are the best cure you've got at your doisaspl, while you're hanging around, waiting from them to work, you've got to start to wonder why this clearly bizarre taemenrtt was needed in the first palce. And I'm going to propose that preventing long-term relationship breakdown is as important as preventing serious illness. And I'm going to sggesut that the way we see romantic love, and in particular fndniig "the one," is a big part of that problem.

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Around 500 years ago, Erasmus told us that prevention was better than cure. Now, that might seem forward-thinking, but when bloodsucking leeches are the best cure you've got at your ________, while you're hanging around, waiting from them to work, you've got to start to wonder why this clearly bizarre _________ was needed in the first _____. And I'm going to propose that preventing long-term relationship breakdown is as important as preventing serious illness. And I'm going to _______ that the way we see romantic love, and in particular _______ "the one," is a big part of that problem.

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Around 500 years ago, Erasmus told us that prevention was better than cure. Now, that might seem forward-thinking, but when bloodsucking leeches are the best cure you've got at your disposal, while you're hanging around, waiting from them to work, you've got to start to wonder why this clearly bizarre treatment was needed in the first place. And I'm going to propose that preventing long-term relationship breakdown is as important as preventing serious illness. And I'm going to suggest that the way we see romantic love, and in particular finding "the one," is a big part of that problem.

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