{"id":"46a820ce-00fb-4536-8149-3651ac09ef03","url":"https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/what-a-novel-about-a-dating-app-for-dead-bodies-reveals-about-human-connection/","domain":"scientificamerican.com","outlet":{"name":"Scientific American","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"What a novel about a dating app for dead bodies reveals about human connection","plainHeadline":"A novel imagines an app that matches users to dead bodies.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Author Sarah Pierce debuts with a dark tech thriller about optimized human connection.","The story centers on a tech founder and a finance guy amid viral dating apps.","Dramatic premise: swiping right leads to the partner appearing as a dead body.","The book critiques start-up culture, finance, and the commodification of dating.","Set against the backdrop of New York's 2015–2017 tech-finance crossover era."],"topics":["Entertainment","Politics","Economy"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T10:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-04T11:57:43.869Z","story":null}