Black Mirror’s “Hang the DJ” Explained

Even if you haven’t seen it, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of Charlie Brooker’s series, Black Mirror. In its first two seasons, Black Mirror used its standalone episodes to explore the dark side of upcoming and speculative technologies. New seasons, however, have included more uplifting episodes that depicts technology actually helping peoples’ livesContinue Reading


“Should I Dump My Girlfriend? Will I Find Another?”

Well let’s not get too hasty. Earlier this week, I posted the Nanaya white paper to ArXiv: “Should I Dump My Girlfriend? Will I Find Another?” Or: An Algorithm for the Forecasting of Romantic Options. The title is a bit melodramatic but it’s a reference to Peter Backus’s “Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend.” ApologiesContinue Reading


Chaotic Love: What math can tell us about how relationships evolve

I’m very proud to say that Nanaya solves a problem that hasn’t been solved before: determining the value in time of relationships and the option of possible relationships. The Nanaya algorithm has to be pretty complicated to do all of that – a machine of gears, pulleys, and switches that work together to provide a result.Continue Reading