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We have reached a deadzone for love songs / Kevin Dooley

•According to the data, we’re in a such a deadzone for romance that love songs aren’t being written anymore.
•Yet Billionaires, that rare breed, overwhelmingly have long, slow, protracted marriages.
•This begs the question: Did they marry “women with backgrounds in science or medicine” purely in a bid to defy death?

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