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Is love losing its soul in the digital age?

  • Written by Firmin DeBrabander, Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
A young couple posing for an Instagram photo.Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.com

Instagram users have taken to issuing “weekiversary posts,” where they diligently mark the duration of their romances. An article in The New York Times explained how weekiversary posts have the unintended – or very much intended – consequence of...

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