The Plow to Birth Control: How Tech Reshapes Relationships
Podcast |
Innovation Hub
Publisher |
PRX
WGBH
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Sep 18, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:50:13

During this pandemic, we may be acutely aware that our love lives and family lives are entwined with the technology that’s all around us. But in fact, machines have been re-inventing our relationships since the days of the ancient plow, which likely led to the birth of marriage itself. That’s according to Debora Spar, a professor at Harvard Business School and former president of Barnard College.

Spar, the author of “Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny,” takes us on a journey through the technologies - from the steam engine to the refrigerator - that have affected when, how, and with whom we partner up. And we get a glimpse into a future with no masterplan for how the technologies we have built will further evolve and change us.

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