THE ATLANTIC - A lot of emotional dissatisfaction in modern dating can be explained by research. There's data showing technology - mediated relationships fall secondary to in-person interaction. Other research suggests that romantic love can blossom when people explore their differences - something I fear dating apps often discourage. Many dating apps favor selecting romantic partners based on similar traits rather than complementary traits. Technology can be very helpful with filtering up to the first date. But after the first date, it's got to be in person. People need to put the work into love. Tech tends to take complex problems like human love and treat it as if it were a complicated problem of trying to solve a bunch of math. And it just doesn't work that way.
by Rebecca Rashid & Arthur C. Brooks
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