The #1 New York Times Bestseller "An engaging look at the often
head-scratching, frequently infuriating mating behaviors that shape
our love lives." -Refinery 29 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth
exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz
Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation's
sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a
journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of
relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we
share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly
different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people
today have more romantic options than at any point in human
history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort
through these options are staggering. So why are so many people
frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time. "Why did
this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?" "Should I go out with
this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite
snack foods? Combos?!" "My girlfriend just got a message from some
dude named Nathan. Who's Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of
his penis? Should I check just to be sure?" But the transformation
of our romantic lives can't be explained by technology alone. In a
short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed
dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person
who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and,
after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get
married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four.
Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives
on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz
Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for
Modern Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take things to
another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg
and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of
interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to
Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys
and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew
thousands of messages. They enlisted the world's leading social
scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher,
Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The
result is unlike any social science or humor book we've seen
before. In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humor
with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour
of our new romantic world.
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