Premise that a potential tech rebellion may be coming and it will be about - sex. Stats like, "44.2 million Americans use dating apps, while a full third of men on those apps report that they have never gone on a single date" are shown to bolster the argument.
Don't necessarily disagree with the premise but wonder if it was due to lack of space that the big sex/tech elephant in the room wasn't even mentioned - porn. Wonder what percentage of that third of men on dating apps who can't get a date watch porn on a daily basis? Guessing the number would be easily north of 50%. Tech in all its forms and apps has perverted (in both senses of the word) sex and relationships in real life. And soon with the Metaverse you won't even have to meet other people IRL
The counter argument is that dating has always been rough. In every generation there was always large segments that had trouble finding or getting dates. It brought to mind this Louis CK bit.
I fall into the category of believing that the author is right - that a tech backlash is brewing over sex and that the backlash will be non-partisan. I just can foresee the repercussions from such a backlash.
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