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July 26, 2004
The Money Shot
The SF-Gate had an interesting article this weekend on the proliferation of pornography via the Internet, and it's general effect on the psyche. Arguing that the Internet brought about a distribution medium for porn that no longer required embarrassing moments at the video store, the "artists" having made serious moves towards legitimizing themselves, and the mass commoditization of sexual body parts, the article begins making some excellent points.
The most interesting point within the article comes towards the end, where the author hypothesizes that eventually this behavior will end. Not due to any foreseen behavioral changes by the porn industry itself, but rather by our own internal filters on life relegating the simple sex push to a status of white noise. That for this style of "simple" sex to continue to sell, it will be forced to evolve into something of more interest, or face becoming a dinosaur or worse: white noise.
It could be argued for many that this is already the case. Examining the non-tech websites I frequent, the borders are surrounded by ads that flash in a futile attempt to catch my interest. Some are simple words, some are images, some are even porn related. Yet the number of times I've actually noticed these ads, or more importantly tried clicking on one of these ads, is minimal to nonexistent. I scan the page for usable content without even realizing that I've become desensitized to the large amounts of distractions found on the page.
In any case, it's an article worth a read if you're interested in commentary on life.
Posted by Dan at July 26, 2004 11:06 AM