"It was terrifying them, this idea of having a spontaneous conversation where you had to be on your feet. "The younger people were like, 'What? Are you kidding me? Why would I talk to someone on the phone?' " Ansari said. "It was all really interesting, and at a certain point, I thought, 'Oh man, I bet there's a way to do an interesting book about this if I talked to academics,' " says Ansari, who was joined by his co-writer, New York University sociologist Eric Klinenberg, and moderator Daniel Jones (the New York Times' "Modern Love" column) at a BookCon panel in Manhattan Saturday.Īs part of their fieldwork, the authors polled people about whether they'd prefer to talk with their boyfriends or girlfriends via phone or text. Asking fans at his stand-up shows if he could read their texts between significant others or potential hook-ups, the comedian saw just how technology can meddle with present-day courtship. Very, as Parks and Recreation alum Aziz Ansari learned while researching his new book Modern Romance (Penguin Press), out June 16. NEW YORK - How fascinating can a stranger's texts really be?
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