Novel imagines macabre dating app for corpses to explore loneliness
Author Sarah Pierce's debut novel 'For Human Use' features a fictional app that matches users with dead bodies, using this absurd premise to critique modern dating platforms and their promise of optimized companionship. The story examines how algorithmic matching can deepen feelings of isolation rather than foster genuine intimacy. Pierce discusses the gap between what social apps claim to offer and what they actually deliver in terms of human connection.
This summary is AI-generated and original to Mobble; the linked article is the authoritative source.
Original headline: “What a novel about a dating app for dead bodies reveals about human connection.” Browse more stories.