Friday, August 14, 2015

Tinder and The Dating Apocalypse | Dr. Helen

Sounds like one of the Isaac Assimov Science-Fiction stories from 60 years ago where people in a future society are so accustomed to interacting through communications media that they are actually terrified to be in the same room with another living, breathing human being.

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Vanity Fair has an interesting article on Tinder and how it is creating a dating apocalypse (via Newsalert): “I think that iPhones and dating apps have really changed the way that dating happens for our generation,” says Stephanie, the one with an arm full of bracelets.“There is no dating. There’s no relationships,” says Amanda, the tall elegant one. “They’re rare. You can have a fling that could last like seven, eight months and you could never actually call someone your ‘boyfriend.’ is a…

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