Living with Choice Inflation | Workshop | Love in the Time of Dating Apps

Dating apps don’t just change who we meet, they change how we decide.

And why does deciding feel harder than it used to?

Across modern life, there are more decisions to make and each one seems to require more processing, more context, and more internal clarity before we feel justified in deciding.

This interactive workshop introduces the idea of choice inflation: a structural shift in which both the number of options and the effort required to evaluate them have expanded. While this affects work, relationships, and everyday life, dating apps make the phenomenon especially visible.

We’ll examine how weakened shared defaults and evolving technologies have are raising the cost of choosing and what changes when we can finally name what’s happening.

Buy-your-own ticket.
Sliding scale pricing $5-$35. Reserve your spot today.

Open to people of all orientations, identities, and dating goals.

This session is part of Love in the Time of Dating Apps, a multi-part series exploring modern dating through the lens of decision-making in the Information Age. Each session stands on its own, but together they offer a deeper framework for understanding why choosing can feel so draining, confusing, or effortful today.

This series is led by Emily Pabst, Choicetech Consultant and Coach and founder of Remake The Rules. Emily’s work focuses on helping people understand and actively shape how modern systems and technologies influence decision-making across dating, leading, and everyday life.