Possibly tangential, but I'm currently reading a very interesting and insightful comic book by the (IMHO) great Liv Strömqvist. She describes that romantic love

Possibly tangential, but I'm currently reading a very interesting and insightful comic book by the (IMHO) great Liv Strömqvist. She describes that romantic love is muchly devaluated because it's not perceived as a magical/mystical thing any more. These days, love and dating are driven by data and measurements, just like everything else. She argues that this makes it essentially much more rationally accessible and consequently a lot weaker. The book is apparently not available in English yet, but will be released by Fantagraphics [1]. I found the insights very eye-opening and frankly somewhat depressing. [1] https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/liv-stromquist/products/the-reddest-rose-romantic-love-from-the-ancient-greeks-to-reality-tv https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/liv-stromquist/pro...