Episode #20: Sex-Driven Innovation




The Stories We Tell Our Robots show

Summary: Everyone knows that porn is a big part of the Internet. But does pornography (and the human sex drive in general) drive much of human innovation? Dr. Tobias Wilson-Bates looks at how pornographic material helped lead a resurgence in an earlier technology (hint: it was epic), and Darien just wonders whether we'll ever be able to have a healthy understanding of our tech culture if we don't acknowledge the essential motivation of our sexual impulses.