Rob Brooks

Rob Brooks is the Scientia Professor of Evolution at UNSW in Sydney and the author of Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers and Algorithmic Matchmakers

3 Posts

The Tragedy of the Unwanted Child: What Ancient Cultures Did Before Abortion

Safe abortion is the modern cure for the ancient heartbreaks of neonaticide and abandonment.

Rob Brooks

24 Jun 2022 · 12 min read

Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love)

Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle

Rob Brooks

17 Feb 2022 · 13 min read

Involuntarily Celibate: Explanations and Practical Solutions to a Dangerous Phenomenon

Of the 50 plus shades of online anger, one fascinates me more than the rest: the anger of the Incel. Beneath the euphemistic portmanteau of “involuntary” and “celibate” lurks a sinister mass of self-loathing men. They know they are unattractive, and in online forums they blame women. The Incels speak

Rob Brooks

20 Jan 2022 · 5 min read