Dating Detox: A Short History of Dating and What Happened to Us

​Dating Detox: A Short History of Dating and What Happened to Us is a look at the recent history of modern dating — one where tech, culture, and our deepest desires converged.

​Where has 20+ years of gradually handing over our romantic lives to corporations, screens, and algorithms placed us when it comes to the past, present, and future of dating? This is not a singles event, but rather a look at what happened to the experience and journey of being single. The content relates to anyone regardless of relationship status.

​Come hear from dating culture researcher and founder of How to Date Humans, Lakshmi Rengarajan. She’ll share her journey of trying to slow down and improve dating culture from the claws of tech since before the dating apps arrived.

​She’s been featured in the NYT, Vanity Fair (among others), as well as being a guest on Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. She’ll share what she’s building in Chicago now and why dating might be one of the most important civic considerations a city can have.