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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher |
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LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALGORITHMS
What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating
Untold story behind the rise of online dating and what technology means for our relationships.
From its start as “computer-dating” at Harvard in 1965, the online-dating industry now serves a third of America's 80 million singles. Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, this phenomenon has been embraced by every demographic.
Dan Slater tells the remarkable story of how online dating is spurring on a new kind of sexual revolution. Thanks to the efficiency of the Internet, compatible mates are no longer a scarce commodity. Efficiency and control are altering our perception of what's possible in our personal lives and reconditioning our feelings about stability and commitment.
Blending history, psychology, and interviews with site creators and users, Slater takes readers behind the scenes of a fascinating business. Dating sites capitalize on our quest for love. But how do their creators' ideas about profits, morality, and the nature of desire shape the virtual worlds they've created for us and the relationships we engage in offline? Dan Slater is a widely published writer of journalism and creative nonfiction. A former legal affairs reporter for The Wall Street Journal, he is currently a contributor to Fast Company and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York magazine, and GQ.
Dan Slater tells the remarkable story of how online dating is spurring on a new kind of sexual revolution. Thanks to the efficiency of the Internet, compatible mates are no longer a scarce commodity. Efficiency and control are altering our perception of what's possible in our personal lives and reconditioning our feelings about stability and commitment.
Blending history, psychology, and interviews with site creators and users, Slater takes readers behind the scenes of a fascinating business. Dating sites capitalize on our quest for love. But how do their creators' ideas about profits, morality, and the nature of desire shape the virtual worlds they've created for us and the relationships we engage in offline? Dan Slater is a widely published writer of journalism and creative nonfiction. A former legal affairs reporter for The Wall Street Journal, he is currently a contributor to Fast Company and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York magazine, and GQ.
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Published 2013-01-01 by Current |
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Published 2013-01-01 by Current |