For those singles out there, you may be well aware that the dating game has changed. These days it’s not about meeting someone in a cafe (come on, how often does that work out?) but rather answering questions about yourself  and filtering through online compatibility results to find someone who also likes both Norman Rockwell and Jeff Koons (or either one, if it comes down to it).

The result is that you constantly check your digital profile for new messages, winks, or the equivalent form of communication that may portend an actual tete-a-tete. How will this evolve I wonder? Like eventually, if you see some cute girl sitting on the opposite side of a cafe, you should be able to do a Foursquare search to see people who are checked into the cafe. If she’s cool, she will have alerted the online community of her whereabouts and you can notify her or give her some hint that you noticed her both digitally and in real-life. If she’s not checked in, she’s probably not that cool, and even if she is, you can’t risk doing anything as creepy as actually approaching her and breaching silence without knowing her.

I can’t wait.