Love is not a math problem | Matter

This dry and rational view of love is a disease that needs to be fully and totally eradicated off the face of the Earth. Love is not some sort of cold, mechanistic math problem that needs to be hyper-optimized. One common refrain here is that this has been brought about by capitalism and technological progress: what is love but a free market, anyways? In the perfectly efficient market of love, everyone can find the perfect life partner. That is the goal, one must optimize all of the variables, and thanks to the internet this is now possible for the very first time in all of human history. No longer are you confined geographically or ethnically or in any way whatsoever. Post your photos, set your filters, and start swiping: this is a numbers game and for the first time ever all 7 billion of us are on the same field, in the same arena, playing the same game, fighting the same fight. But attributing this phenomenon to capitalism or the advent of technology is a gross mischaracterization:

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• Zhengwei Ng