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Arthur Brooks: Opposites Really Do Attract
“We truly can love each other across big cultural and linguistic differences,” writes Arthur Brooks. (Illustration by The Free Press; photo by David Turnley/Corbis via Getty Images)
If you have dated a good many people but haven’t felt much of a spark with anybody, the answer might be to stop looking for your cultural twin.
By Arthur Brooks
02.13.26 — The Pursuit of Happiness with Arthur Brooks
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Dear Friends,

Happy Valentine’s Day for tomorrow to those who celebrate it. Although Mrs. B and I are still in love after lo, these many decades, we don’t much observe the holiday. Being of foreign birth, she always regarded it cynically as an event, like so many of our unofficial holidays, made up by marketers. (Which, you might be thinking, is no worse…

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Arthur Brooks
Helping Millions Live Happier Lives | #1 NYT Best-Selling Author | Harvard Professor | Columnist with The Free Press
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