Vauhini Vara

When I'm in Madrid, we spend a lot of time together. And like they're three of my close friends and I met them on a website, I will say.

When I'm in Madrid, we spend a lot of time together. And like they're three of my close friends and I met them on a website, I will say.

Yeah, that seems yeah, that seems right. And it's notable that I went on this site like one time to arrange meetups with these real human beings and then moved to, you know, texting with them to set up a time to meet. Right.

Yeah, that seems yeah, that seems right. And it's notable that I went on this site like one time to arrange meetups with these real human beings and then moved to, you know, texting with them to set up a time to meet. Right.

Yeah, that seems yeah, that seems right. And it's notable that I went on this site like one time to arrange meetups with these real human beings and then moved to, you know, texting with them to set up a time to meet. Right.

Which is a problem only by the logic of the market, right? Right, right. If the goal is really to get people to have friends, then they've been super successful, it sounds like.

Which is a problem only by the logic of the market, right? Right, right. If the goal is really to get people to have friends, then they've been super successful, it sounds like.

Which is a problem only by the logic of the market, right? Right, right. If the goal is really to get people to have friends, then they've been super successful, it sounds like.

For me, something I argue for and I write about in my book is just acknowledging the way we're doing in this conversation here. A, what's happening, right? And then B, the fact that we do have agency. Nobody's forcing us to use TikTok or Facebook or Tinder or whatever. We can if we choose to, but nobody is forcing us.

For me, something I argue for and I write about in my book is just acknowledging the way we're doing in this conversation here. A, what's happening, right? And then B, the fact that we do have agency. Nobody's forcing us to use TikTok or Facebook or Tinder or whatever. We can if we choose to, but nobody is forcing us.

For me, something I argue for and I write about in my book is just acknowledging the way we're doing in this conversation here. A, what's happening, right? And then B, the fact that we do have agency. Nobody's forcing us to use TikTok or Facebook or Tinder or whatever. We can if we choose to, but nobody is forcing us.

There are a lot of incentives lined up in order to try to get us to use these things. But we do have free will. We do have agency. We do have choice. And I think the really the only starting point to moving out of this into something better is exercising that agency, like really working hard to exercise that agency and to try to do it collectively.

There are a lot of incentives lined up in order to try to get us to use these things. But we do have free will. We do have agency. We do have choice. And I think the really the only starting point to moving out of this into something better is exercising that agency, like really working hard to exercise that agency and to try to do it collectively.

There are a lot of incentives lined up in order to try to get us to use these things. But we do have free will. We do have agency. We do have choice. And I think the really the only starting point to moving out of this into something better is exercising that agency, like really working hard to exercise that agency and to try to do it collectively.

Thank you for having us.

Thank you for having us.

Thank you for having us.