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Design and Architecture

Facebook Compassion, Broken Relationships and Lonely Cities

Hosted by Frances Anderton May. 31, 2016
What becomes of the relics of a broken romance? Facebook's compassion research team is designing tools to relieve its users' break-up pain. Then, LA's new Museum of Broken Relationships features totems of heartbreak. And a writer talks about loneliness in the big city – and whether designers can alleviate solitude.

Photo: Texas license plate. Courtesy the Museum of Broken Relationships

From this Episode:

Facebook Compassion

Love and loss can be complicated. If you've shared a romance with all of Facebook – and then it ends – can the company design a way to relieve your break-up pain? How much...

7 min

The Museum of Broken Relationships

The mementos of broken relationships usually sit in a dusty closet. So what happens when someone decides to collect them and display them to the public? Meet Alexis Hyde,...

11 min

The Lonely City

Years ago, Olivia Laing packed her bags, moved from the UK to New York, and found herself very isolated. The experience fueled her latest book, The Lonely City: Adventures...

9 min

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  • The New York Times: The Facebook Breakup
  • Greater Good: Can Science Make Facebook More Compassionate?

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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