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Fascinating concept. Could be applied so broadly. A question a couple's therapist asks each partner individually. Friendships as mentioned. Students and teachers. Employers and employees (through a trusted arbiter that isn't HR). Any relationship, even that of products and services, would find one-word distillation useful. All in the name of transparency and moving toward a more honest world, despite the pain.

It could be a series of questions. Frequency will matter. No one wants another app, but having this as a digital feature from an independent party that uses a kind of confidential, double-blind mechanism would help with emotional safety and adoption. Word matchability can be delivered as a score, instead of the crude inputs, and provide suggested actions. I also understand the irony of using tech instead of face to face transparency. But if it helps to start the conversation and identify extreme mismatches early, it's a positive to me

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Very cool insight, Nicolás.

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