Babban mai barkwanci kan batun soyayya, fitaccen dan wasan barkwanci na Amurka Aziz Ansari, tare da farfesa a fannin zamantakewar jama'a na jami'ar New York Eric Klinenberg, sun gudanar da wani nazari na tsawon shekaru biyu kan alakar soyayya.
Daruruwan tambayoyi, binciken kan layi, ƙungiyoyin mayar da hankali a duk faɗin duniya, sharhi daga manyan masana ilimin zamantakewa da ilimin halayyar ɗan adam don fahimtar abin da ya canza da abin da ya kasance iri ɗaya. Ƙarshen yana nuna kansa kamar haka: mutanen da suka wuce kawai suna son rayuwa cikin aminci da iyali, kuma masu zamani sun zaɓi yin gaggawa don neman ƙauna mai kyau. Daga ra'ayi na motsin zuciyarmu, kusan babu canje-canje: Ina so a ƙaunace ni da farin ciki a duk rayuwata, amma ba na so in fuskanci ciwo. Rikicin sadarwa har yanzu iri ɗaya ne, sai yanzu an bayyana su daban: “Kira? Ko aika SMS? ko "Me yasa ya aiko min da emoji na pizza?" A cikin wata kalma, marubutan ba su ga dalilin haɓaka wasan kwaikwayo ba.
Mann, Ivanov da Ferber, 288 p.