Baroness Susan Greenfield says social media is rewiring our brains

Renowned British neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield says modern technology is not only changing the way we interact, it is changing the wiring in our brain.

Professor Greenfield, who is also a member of the British upper house, says the hyper-connectedness of today’s youth gives them shorter attention spans and makes them more narcissistic, more susceptible to […]

Bad sex in fiction awards…

Bad sex in fiction award includes Booker winner among shortlist targets

Read article :

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/12/bad-sex-award-booker-winner-shortlist-haruki-murakami-kirsty-wark
As embarassing and possibly unfair as it may be for the listed authors to have their descriptions of sex taken out of context and ridiculed, perhaps the existence of this award serves a useful purpose in encouraging more realistic and truly […]

With Some Dating Apps: Less Casual Sex Than Casual Text

From the article:

“More and more technophilic and commitment-phobic millennials are shying away from physical encounters and supplanting them with the emotional gratification of virtual quasi relationships, flirting via their phones and computers with no intention of ever meeting their romantic quarry: less casual sex than casual text.”

Read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/fashion/with-some-dating-apps-tinder-less-casual-sex-than-casual-text.html?_r=0

Non-IRL (non in real life)? Pathetic. […]

Aesthetic Consumerism and the Violence of Photography

What Susan Sontag Teaches Us about Visual Culture and the Social Web

“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”

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http://www.brainpickings.org…

Middle class couples are turning to home videos to spice up their sex life

“Shall we stick on the sex tape, darling ?

Forget the boxset – middle class couples are turning to home videos to spice up their sex life

…If sex tapes are the safest form of sexual exploration, no wonder they’re the deviance of choice for the middle-classes.”

Read more:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex….

Somewhat simplistic article, but you know a phenomenon […]

Sorry, we will not all be having sex with robots in the future

What robot sex enthusiasts forget is that there’s far more to sex than the mechanical act

…..What healthy sexuality desires is a person. We don’t want mere sensations, but to be wanted and accepted by another. We want another persons’ conscious intentions for us acted upon our bodies, and for our intentions to be received as […]

How to Have Sex Without Screwing the Environment

Sex is a great activity for tons of reasons, including the fact that it’s easier on the environment than other ways to pass the time — like say, jet-skiing for example. But, a quickie (or a long-y) can have negative environmental consequences because of chemicals found in sex toys, the process of making a condom, or […]

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