Nobody gets married planning on divorce.

Right? You get married planning on, you know, having a home together and having children

together and building a future, retiring together. I mean Elizabeth and I were going to live

on a sailboat in the Caribbean when we retired, right? And we had to let go of those things

that we were going to share together.

From WNYC, I'm a new summer Odie and this is Note to Self.

I do believe in the algorithm. I believe in the OKCated Robot.

Sometimes I feel what? Nobody loves me?

The show where you and I find balance in the digital age.

We've had moral panics about new technologies for centuries.

I am consciously uncoupling from my phone and figure out how to manage modern life.

Let's just face it, divorce sucks.

Splitting up is bad enough, but when you throw in lawyers and disputes over money and maybe children into the mix,

well, we've all heard or maybe we even have our own horror story about just how nasty a split can get.

So this week, Kentak solved this very emotional crossroads for people.

Do cold-hearted data and algorithms have the power to make the human breakup less painful?

And maybe even help us better understand love and commitment in the process.

I think the answer might be yes.

Let's start with Michelle Crosby's divorce horror story.

When she was nine years old, her parents were splitting up.

And like out of a movie, little Michelle was put on the stand in the courtroom and given the kid version of Sophie's choice.

The question that I will never forget was when one of my parents lawyers walked up and asked,

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