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A 'Post-Dating' World?
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Guests:
- Dan Slater, author of "Love in the Time of Algorithms: What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating"
- Meredith Goldstein, advice columnist at the Boston Globe; author of "The Singles"
More:
On Point: "Maybe the click and pick ease of digital date-making is undermining ideas of commitment, of standing by your man, your woman, of monogamy – let alone marriage. Making it too easy just to move on. Or not!"
The Atlantic: "The Internet makes it easier for single people to meet other single people with whom they might be compatible, raising the bar for what they consider a good relationship. But what if online dating makes it too easy to meet someone new? What if it raises the bar for a good relationship too high? What if the prospect of finding an ever-more-compatible mate with the click of a mouse means a future of relationship instability, in which we keep chasing the elusive rabbit around the dating track?"
The New York Times: "Instead of dinner-and-a-movie, which seems as obsolete as a rotary phone, they rendezvous over phone texts, Facebook posts, instant messages and other “non-dates” that are leaving a generation confused about how to land a boyfriend or girlfriend."
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This segment aired on February 13, 2013.