How To Date Casually Without Hurting Anyone

So, you've decided to start dating. But instead of diving headlong into a committed monogamous partnership--or one of those polyamorous ones that's really more about booty-calling whoever's around--you're going to date casually. Which is to say, an ongoing but uncommitted relationship wherein the parties involved actively choose a lower-stakes relationship. The caveat is that neither party is entitled to substantial emotional support or exclusivity from the other.