Swiping, desire and low libido in modern love
For anyone returning to dating after divorce, widowhood, or a long relationship and discovering that courtship has migrated onto a screen. Ansari and Klinenberg combine humor with sociology to examine texting, choice overload, delayed commitment, and the strange etiquette of apps. Low libido is not their central subject, but the book helps separate lack of desire from exhaustion with the dating marketplace itself. Viewed from midlife, it offers perspective on how technology changes expectations without changing the underlying need for attention, curiosity, and real-world connection. It is both a cultural time capsule and a useful mirror.
About Aziz Ansari (with Eric Klinenberg)
Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg began with Ansari’s own confusion about texts, dates, and disappearing replies. Pairing a comedian’s vulnerability with a sociologist’s methods, they turned private frustration into interviews across cities, generations, and very different romantic cultures.
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