The Right Not To Get Matched

According to popular public imagination, as we head towards the future at warp speed, technology is managing and “optimizing” our lives more and more. Already ads follow us on social media, recommendation systems offer products we might want and need, deep fake videos transform political discourse, and dating apps make it easier to establish connections, particularly during desperate and lonesome times of lockdown. But what if we had technology at our disposal that would allow us to “optimize” the search and find true love without all the trial and error? Netflix’s new science-fiction drama series The One…