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What dating algorithms miss about human connection

My dating app matches me with people based on algorithms but I met my best relationships through friends who knew something about compatibility that data cannot capture.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technological matching systems may optimize for surface compatibility while missing the mysterious chemistry that emerges through social context and intuition.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African philosophy of technology — Ubuntu and the examined tool?”

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