The monetization of Discontent: Why happy marriages are unprofitable to big tech, by Stephany Shaakaa

To debate whether social media causes high divorce rates is to misunderstand the deeper problem. The more consequential question is what happens when the economic logic of the modern internet collides with the emotional logic of marriage.
We often describe the digital deterioration of relationships as an unfortunate side effect of modern connectivity. Online flirtation, secret direct messages, endless screen time, exposure to attractive strangers and the temptation to compare one’s marriage with the lives displayed on a screen. But that explanation misses something fundamental. Social media is not merely a technology that happens to sit inside our relationships. It is an economic system...