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The 'Digital Segregation' Between Men and Women | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

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Would you rather go on a date or scroll on your phone? According to Alice Evans, a social scientist who studies gender norms and declining birthrates, “tech is outcompeting personal interactions.” And our retreat into “digital spaces of solitude” is making it harder to meet people. In this clip from “Interesting Times,” she describes how technology helped create a coupling crisis and what might bring the sexes back together.

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