![]() ![]() They don’t know what the right procedure actually is, or they’re afraid of what will happen if they put their heart on the line. They’ll often say they don’t know how to date in the right way, where it can be actually successful. But a lot of the same people who are amazed at that will confess that their dating lives are pretty dry. Look, you want a hippopotamus delivered to your house? You can practically get it from Amazon Prime. They can get anything they want as consumers at the drop of a hat. Rashid: And I’m Rebecca Rashid, a producer at The Atlantic.īrooks: Many of my students have told me that there’s kind of an irony about dating these days. I’m Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and contributing writer at The Atlantic. And the act of finding the person seems so diametrically opposed to what the experience of being with that person would actually be like.īrooks: This is How to Build a Happy Life. Rashid: I almost feel like I’m cheating to get to a human being, someone who I know is going to inevitably be far more complicated and emotional. Brooks: You don’t want to use the same technology that you would for goofing around while waiting for the bus that you do to find your actual life partner, because it seems so incredibly important to you. Rebecca Rashid: Arthur, the real reason I don’t use dating apps is because I don’t want to go about my love life in the same way I do playing some game on my phone.Īrthur C. This transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. ![]()
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