Dating in a High-Friction World: Why Safety, Algorithms, and Burnout Are Redefining Intimacy
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Dating in a High-Friction World: Why Safety, Algorithms, and Burnout Are Redefining Intimacy
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In this episode, we go inside the new architecture of desire: where safety, cost, and algorithms shape everything from who asks first to who ever meets at all. Drawing from crime data, psychology, and platform economics, Dating in a High-Friction World unpacks why intimacy feels more distant in an age of infinite access.
We break down:
• The gap between real and perceived danger in dating culture—and why women still shoulder the “safety tax.”
- How rising prices and shrinking trust changed first-date formats.
- The app economy’s hidden incentives—why the swipe never ends and burnout feels built in.
- The manosphere’s quiet influence on male empathy, confidence, and consent.
- Parasocial intimacy and the AI “girlfriend” effect replacing real connection.
- Practical, evidence-backed practices to rebuild trust, warmth, and embodied confidence in a risk-obsessed era.
This isn’t a takedown, it's a roadmap. For everyone who’s ever asked why love feels harder, this episode explains the system and gives you tools to beat it.
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