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Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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“The way to control government is to control the computers.”

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0:00.0	Match Group has a new CEO, Kevin.
0:04.0	Yeah.
0:04.4	And it is the former CEO of Zillow, the sort of real estate company.
0:11.0	Yes.
0:11.3	Which I imagine you probably spent some time on Zillow recently as you've been,
0:14.1	you know, looking for houses.
0:15.0	Yes.
0:15.7	Well, this raises the question, Kevin.
0:18.3	As you're browsing through your Tinder matches, something I know
0:21.6	you do a lot, do you think that we're soon going to see some sort of a zestimate of that person's
0:27.8	worst? I think that's a great idea. You know? I think that they should analyze market conditions
0:32.6	and say, you know, the market price for, you know, a tall gay man in San Francisco, down 30% from last year.
0:41.2	That's right. Short kings are having a huge moment. I just think, for me, I think the estimate should say something like, this person probably still has roommates, you know?
0:50.6	Like that sort of information that you want, Not that it's bad to have roommates.
0:55.5	Yeah.
0:55.7	But, you know, it can introduce complexity.
0:58.3	And maybe, you know, you want to know that before you swipe?
1:00.3	I think you know how on Zilla you can see the history of every house or of every property?
1:04.9	I think you should be able to, like, see the entire relationship history.
1:09.5	The last, like like three romantic partners.
1:13.2	Yes.
1:13.4	Two relationships ago, this person got dumped for not being a good communicator.
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