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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

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In Emily Adrian’s “Seduction Theory,” two married creative writing professors have parallel affairs, with very different outcomes. By Hannah Pittard Hannah Pittard is the author, most recently, of the ...

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