We evolved for courtship. Like other mammals that pair a bond, we have courtship rituals. And you need to sort of slow things down and show mutual commitment. Now, when everything moves on to the dating apps, now everything changes. You have these incredibly precise signals from others about what the market value of this person is. So it puts everyone into this terrible market in which women over 35 are the market losers.
Kara and Scott dissect what the FTX meltdown means for cryptocurrency, Meta's layoffs, and how the midterms might impact big tech. Friend of Pivot Jonathan Haidt stops by to talk about the impacts of social media on teens and society. And hours after our regular taping, we dragged Scott out of a fancy London bar to record an updated reaction to the latest Twitter news: Elon Musk was warning of a possible Twitter bankruptcy, while top executives were jumping ship.
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