CASE STUDY 7

The Random Weekend—a Field Study of Uncertainty

In August 2022, I and my wife Carolina, a clinical psychologist, decided to set off on an adventure—a random weekend to court and experience uncertainty. I had previously seen a TV documentary on “Dice Living” and was familiar with the concept, which had a following in the United States. I had also come across this in a date that I had with a lady I met in Haywards Heath via the Times Encounters page, some 45 miles away.

The date was not a success as the lady seemed scarcely recognizable from her picture and also brought a friend to tag along with her, but one conversation was around their Random Weekends that they did together once a month. They knew I was from Bolton, where they had ...

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