[Read] Modern Romance For Kindle
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Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the?pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation?s sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a?journey to find love. We meet people, date, get?into and out of relationships, all with the hope?of finding someone with whom we share a deep?connection. This seems standard now, but it?s?wildly different from what people did even just?decades ago. Single people today have more?romantic options than at any point in human?history. With technology, our abilities to connect?with and sort through these options are staggering.?So why are so many people frustrated?Some of our problems are unique to our time.??Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza????Should I go out with this girl even though she?listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods??Combos?!? ?My girlfriend just got a message from?some dude named Nathan. Who?s Nathan? Did he?just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check?just to be sure???But the transformation of our romantic lives?can?t be explained by technology alone. In a short?period of time, the whole culture of finding love?has changed dramatically. A few decades ago,?people would find a decent person who lived in?their neighborhood. Their families would meet?and, after deciding neither party seemed like a?murderer, they would get married and soon have?a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today,?people marry later than ever and spend years of?their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a?soul mate.For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his?comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern?Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take?things to another level. He teamed up with NYU?sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive?research project, including hundreds of interviews?and focus groups conducted everywhere from?Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed?behavioral data and surveys and created their own?online research forum on Reddit, which drew?thousands of messages. They enlisted the world?s?leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen?Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry?Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any?social science or humor book we?ve seen before.In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his?irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science?to give us an unforgettable tour of our new?romantic world.From the Hardcover edition.
Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the?pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation?s sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a?journey to find love. We meet people, date, get?into and out of relationships, all with the hope?of finding someone with whom we share a deep?connection. This seems standard now, but it?s?wildly different from what people did even just?decades ago. Single people today have more?romantic options than at any point in human?history. With technology, our abilities to connect?with and sort through these options are staggering.?So why are so many people frustrated?Some of our problems are unique to our time.??Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza????Should I go out with this girl even though she?listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods??Combos?!? ?My girlfriend just got a message from?some dude named Nathan. Who?s Nathan? Did he?just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check?just to be sure???But the transformation of our romantic lives?can?t be explained by technology alone. In a short?period of time, the whole culture of finding love?has changed dramatically. A few decades ago,?people would find a decent person who lived in?their neighborhood. Their families would meet?and, after deciding neither party seemed like a?murderer, they would get married and soon have?a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today,?people marry later than ever and spend years of?their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a?soul mate.For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his?comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern?Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take?things to another level. He teamed up with NYU?sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive?research project, including hundreds of interviews?and focus groups conducted everywhere from?Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed?behavioral data and surveys and created their own?online research forum on Reddit, which drew?thousands of messages. They enlisted the world?s?leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen?Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry?Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any?social science or humor book we?ve seen before.In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his?irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science?to give us an unforgettable tour of our new?romantic world.From the Hardcover edition.