Debora Spar: How Social Media Is Killing Romantic Love and How Smart Machines Might Enable Us to Love Again


Author: Andrew Keen June 30, 2022 Duration: 34:34
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Debora Spar: How Social Media Is Killing Romantic Love and How Smart Machines Might Enable Us to Love Again

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew is joined by Debora Spar, author of Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny.

Debora L. Spar is the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the former president of Barnard College. Her previous books include Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection and Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet.


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