He sat opposite me at a popular restaurant, letting his coffee grow cold.  In the midst of his second divorce, he wanted to talk about a dating service he’d joined, one that matched couples using algorithms.  He hoped  the technology would help him find a new soul mate. I hoped h

Several years ago, I had a male acquaintance who, depressed after his divorce, joined a dating service on the internet.  He enrolled in more than one, in fact, as they were free. Once he’d signed up, images of blonde babes lit up his cell phone, so many, that when we met for coffee