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E119: Operation Match
Would you trust a computer to find your perfect match … in 1965?
Sources:
Chen, Alicia M. “Operation Match.” Harvard Crimson, 16 February 2018, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/16/operation-match/.
Graham, Nicholas. “Operation Match: Computer Dating at UNC in the 1960s – History on the Hill.” UNC Libraries Blogs, 25 May 2016, https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/hill/2016/05/25/operation-match-computer-dating-at-unc-in-the-1960s/.
Operation Match Quantitative Personality Projection Test III. Computer History Museum. Compatibility Research, Inc., 1965, https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2020/12/102797881-05-01-acc.pdf.
Quinn, Tacita. “'It felt risque:' How a computer dating service launched in 1965 changed our love lives.” CNN, 29 September 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/29/style/operation-match-patsy-jeff-tarr.
Spindel, Barbara. “'Operation Match' Review: Inventing Dating by Data.” The Wall Street Journal, 30 August 2024, https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/operation-match-review-inventing-dating-by-data-376c6ac6?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAhrU9yXpsBpOdZF6h9xAqWnRWk4GiguLArUsNjVhTWFOALe8_FloCvpGSXN0lk%3D&gaa_ts=6894e68b&gaa_sig=yHzRGjYj7-kRN616HdIctB5hqM34L9Ov49JK7ctWxqKfXO6.
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By Hypnotic HistoryWould you trust a computer to find your perfect match … in 1965?
Sources:
Chen, Alicia M. “Operation Match.” Harvard Crimson, 16 February 2018, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/16/operation-match/.
Graham, Nicholas. “Operation Match: Computer Dating at UNC in the 1960s – History on the Hill.” UNC Libraries Blogs, 25 May 2016, https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/hill/2016/05/25/operation-match-computer-dating-at-unc-in-the-1960s/.
Operation Match Quantitative Personality Projection Test III. Computer History Museum. Compatibility Research, Inc., 1965, https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2020/12/102797881-05-01-acc.pdf.
Quinn, Tacita. “'It felt risque:' How a computer dating service launched in 1965 changed our love lives.” CNN, 29 September 2024, https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/29/style/operation-match-patsy-jeff-tarr.
Spindel, Barbara. “'Operation Match' Review: Inventing Dating by Data.” The Wall Street Journal, 30 August 2024, https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/operation-match-review-inventing-dating-by-data-376c6ac6?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAhrU9yXpsBpOdZF6h9xAqWnRWk4GiguLArUsNjVhTWFOALe8_FloCvpGSXN0lk%3D&gaa_ts=6894e68b&gaa_sig=yHzRGjYj7-kRN616HdIctB5hqM34L9Ov49JK7ctWxqKfXO6.