Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Why do dating apps often lead to casual, unclear, or ambiguous relationships? Continuing with Marie Bergström’s The New Laws of Love: Online Dating and the Privatization of Intimacy, this video explores what happens when dating is freed from ordinary social scrutiny.

Through quotes and commentary, I look at how online dating loosens shared norms, makes relationships easier to begin and end, and turns romantic life into a matter of individual responsibility. Bergström’s analysis helps explain why dating apps can feel liberating, but also why they can produce uncertainty, unclear expectations, and weaker social accountability.

Watch Part 1: youtu.be/j6P0-LZ0hKc
Watch Part 3: youtu.be/mUbqsnkv-gI

Other works mentioned in the video:
- Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare
- Why Love Hurts by Eva Illouz
- Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

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