The Secret History of the Future: Dots, Dashes and Dating Apps
The Economist Podcasts
English - August 07, 2019 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★ - 2.8K ratingsNews politics news comedy interview entrepreneurship business culture health leadership books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the 19th century, young people wooed each other over the telegraph. But meeting strangers on the wires could lead to confusion, disappointment, and even fraud. Do modern online dating apps have anything to learn from telegraph romances?
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