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My guest today is one of the most interesting people I think I’ve ever had had the good luck to speak to.
I first got to know Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton, who is a researcher and lecturer in the area of cyberpsychology, when I was working on my second book, Courting, which is about dating in rural Ireland. Below is a screenshot of a snippet of one of the insights she gave me at the time.
She is absolutely fascinating on this topic, on how the apps have changed everything about how we meet a partner, how men and women behave differently on the apps, the gamification of online dating, disposability, the abundance of choice and loneliness, ghosting, hyper personalization, the new nature of a first date when you have never met the person, and the criteria by which we choose a partner online.
Thank you for listening, and thank you Nicola for your time.
XLia
Finding love in an online world