Two people with very different backgrounds and views on life discuss a wide range of topics from science to society, culture to creativity, politics to psychology and much more. Irreverent, light-hearted conversations about the topics that matter in life, because some things are too important to be taken seriously.
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episode 24: Online Dating
Episode 23: Online dating services and apps have changed romantic and sexual relationships completely - but for better or for worse? Muna and Alex discuss the changes that have occurred in the past decade or so, what the algorithms behind the apps might be doing, how (or if) the path of the human race is changing as a result, and what's likely to happen in the future. With honorable mentions of Incels, harems and the gamification of sexual and romantic attraction.