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The Secret Algorithms That Control Your Love Life

Land of the Giants

CHAPTER

Matchmaking - You Don't Know What You're Looking For

Sam Yagan was CEO of Match Group when he launched OKCupid in 2004. He'd already been thinking about the online matchmaking space for more than a decade. Cathy O'Neill is a mathematician, data scientist, and author of the book Weapons of Math Destruction. She says that dating apps use predictive algorithms to determine your success or failure as a mate.

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