Dating is Dead, Short Kings Fight Back, and the American Dream Lives On | ATB #21
WEEK 21: Is Modern Dating Rigged? (With Luis Penichet, HBS & Former Marine)
This week we’re joined by Luis Penichet — second-year Harvard Business School student, former U.S. Marine, and founder working on a new kind of dating app. And we go straight at one of the biggest cultural questions facing our generation:
Is the American dating system fundamentally broken?
We begin with a blunt diagnosis. Dating apps reward dopamine, novelty, and endless optionality — not long-term bonding, sacrifice, or family formation. Swiping trains people to treat each other as consumable profiles rather than…
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