• A smiling man sitting at an outdoor café table holding a cup of coffee during evening

    She Was So Busy Looking at Me She Didn’t Notice I Was Blind

    Rejection rarely comes with an explanation. Usually, it comes with silence. After what seemed like a promising first date, I found myself asking all the questions we tend to ask after disappointment: Did I do something wrong? Was it because I’m blind? Could I have changed the outcome? In the end, I didn’t find the…

    Chris Peterson
  • Man and woman using smartphones with AI interface graphics in Tokyo and London cityscapes

    Could AI Finally Fix Online Dating? Here’s an Idea Nobody Seems to Be Building

    Everyone complains that online dating is broken, but almost nobody talks about redesigning it. As a recovering software engineer, I started wondering what dating apps could learn from eBay, Uber, and Lyft. What if AI didn’t just match people—it coached them, learned from feedback, and helped strangers become meaningful connections? The idea raises difficult questions…

    Chris Peterson