Work Mate Marry Love
How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny
Debora L. Spar
- A
- crucial
- guide
- to
- life
- before—and
- after—Tinder,
- IVF,
- and
- robots.What
- will
- happen
- to
- our
- notions
- of
- marriage
- and
- parenthood
- as
- reproductive
- technologies
- increasingly
- allow
- for
- newfangled
- ways
- of
- creating
- babies?
- What
- will
- happen
- to
- our
- understanding
- of
- gender
- as
- medical
- advances
- enable
- individuals
- to
- transition
- from
- one
- set
- of
- sexual
- characteristics
- to
- another,
- or
- to
- remain
- happily
- perched
- in
- between?
- What
- will
- happen
- to
- love
- and
- sex
- and
- romance
- as
- our
- relationships
- migrate
- from
- the
- real
- world
- to
- the
- Internet?
- Can
- people
- fall
- in
- love
- with
- robots?
- Will
- they?
- In
- short,
- what
- will
- happen
- to
- our
- most
- basic
- notions
- of
- humanity
- as
- we
- entangle
- our
- lives
- and
- emotions
- with
- the
- machines
- we
- have
- created?In
- Work
- Mate
- Marry
- Love,
- Harvard
- Business
- School
- professor
- and
- former
- Barnard
- College
- president
- Debora
- L.
- Spar
- offers
- an
- incisive
- and
- provocative
- account
- of
- how
- technology
- has
- transformed
- our
- intimate
- lives
- in
- the
- past,
- and
- how
- it
- will
- do
- so
- again
- in
- the
- future.
- Surveying
- the
- course
- of
- history,
- she
- shows
- how
- marriage
- as
- we
- understand
- it
- resulted
- from
- the
- rise
- of
- agriculture,
- and
- that
- the
- nuclear
- family
- emerged
- with
- the
- industrial
- revolution.
- In
- their
- day,
- the
- street
- light,
- the
- car,
- and
- later
- the
- pill
- all
- upended
- courtship
- and
- sex.
- Now,
- as
- we
- enter
- an
- era
- of
- artificial
- intelligence
- and
- robots,
- how
- will
- our
- deepest
- feelings
- and
- attachments
- evolve?In
- the
- past,
- the
- prevailing
- modes
- of
- production
- produced
- a
- world
- dominated
- by
- heterosexual,
- mostly-monogamous,
- two-parent
- families.
- In
- the
- future,
- however,
- these
- patterns
- are
- almost
- certain
- to
- be
- reshaped,
- creating
- entirely
- new
- norms
- for
- sex
- and
- romance,
- and
- for
- the
- construction
- of
- families
- and
- the
- raising
- of
- children.
- Steering
- clear
- of
- both
- techno-euphoria
- and
- alarmism,
- Spar
- offers
- a
- bold
- and
- inclusive
- vision
- of
- how
- our
- lives
- might
- be
- changed
- for
- the better.
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