Despite the saying about opposites attracting, people usually fall in love with people like themselves. . . . [During their blind date], Harold and Erica quickly discovered they had a lot in common. . . . People generally overestimate how distinct their own lives are, so the commonalities seemed to them a series of miracles. The coincidences gave their relationship an aura of destiny.
(From the new book, The Social Animal, by David Brooks.)
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