technology Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:23:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 technology Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Dumbing down of society https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/dumbing-down-of-society-79648/ https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/dumbing-down-of-society-79648/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:23:20 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=79648 Dumbing down of society by Hamilton Steele Dumbing down of society : How the Internet Benefits Governments and Corporations Dumbing down of society has benefited the ruling and wealthy classes to the point that, more likely than not, it’s been done on purpose. Discussing with any seriousness the lowering of average individual’s IQ is quickly […]

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When Hookers go Hungry https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/when-hookers-go-hungry-78519/ https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/when-hookers-go-hungry-78519/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:23:19 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=78519 When hookers go hungry it’s a symptom of  a dystopian society. When hookers go hungry is when it’s time to re-examine our relationship with government and big tech. The world’s oldest profession is showing itself to be the proverbial canary in a coal mine when it comes to authoritarianism. The tools of oppression, developed by […]

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Make 1984 fiction again https://mikesouth.com/america-the-police-state/make-1984-fiction-again-76971/ https://mikesouth.com/america-the-police-state/make-1984-fiction-again-76971/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:59:22 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=76971 Make 1984 fiction again if you enjoy freedom. Make 1984 fiction again or doom us to be the last generation to understand its warning. Most people who have read George Orwell’s dystopia tend to focus on the control that the government exerts on the public. However, the perceptive reader understands that Winston, the main character, […]

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A Gun to your head https://mikesouth.com/tech-news/a-gun-to-your-head-74349/ https://mikesouth.com/tech-news/a-gun-to-your-head-74349/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:28:12 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=74349 A Gun to your head is going to be AI A gun to your head makes you do whatever the one holding the gun wants. It removes choice and free will, while kicking in an anxiety riddled survival mode. The trouble is, a panicked mind can’t think clearly, so it locks onto the simplest solution […]

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Adapt or Die! Time to embrace change! https://mikesouth.com/industry/adapt-or-die-time-to-embrace-change-69199/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/adapt-or-die-time-to-embrace-change-69199/#respond Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:23:08 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=69199 I once heard this site compared the porn industry to the murder of crows sitting on a telephone pole. When one of them decides, for whatever reason, to sit on a new pole, the hoard quickly follows and we’re back to the same old squawking. It’s an excellent analogy of how things work. What keeps […]

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Augmented reality porn arrives on Android with animated human bodies https://mikesouth.com/technology/augmented-reality-porn-arrives-on-android-with-animated-human-bodies-28626/ https://mikesouth.com/technology/augmented-reality-porn-arrives-on-android-with-animated-human-bodies-28626/#respond Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:02:04 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=28626 Porn has always driven the cutting edge technology of the day, from VHS videotapes to virtual reality. And now it may also push the envelope for augmented reality (AR). ARConk, an AR porn service, debuted recently, giving consumers the ability to place animated porn stars in the real world. It remains to be seen if […]

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Author: Legalizing porn in India means women taking control of their bodies https://mikesouth.com/politics/author-legalizing-porn-in-india-means-women-taking-control-of-their-bodies-25979/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/author-legalizing-porn-in-india-means-women-taking-control-of-their-bodies-25979/#respond Mon, 28 May 2018 17:47:55 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=25979 A terrific piece at Quartz by Maria Thomas, featuring an interview with the author of new book, Cybersexy: rethinking pornography, who argues for the legalization of pornography in India. In conservative India, which has tried many times to ban pornographic websites, they’re often viewed as something only men seek out; the desires of straight women or members […]

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Here Come the Digisexuals https://mikesouth.com/tech-news/here-come-the-digisexuals-19571/ https://mikesouth.com/tech-news/here-come-the-digisexuals-19571/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:18:20 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=19571 Scientists say ‘digisexuals’ inevitable as more humans bond with robots Academics are arguing that many people will soon be identifying as ‘digisexuals’ and taking their sexual identity from having sex with robots. While currently sex robots are relatively primitive, a new report published in the Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy argues that before long […]

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Relax! https://mikesouth.com/julie-meadows/relax-3768/ https://mikesouth.com/julie-meadows/relax-3768/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 12:19:59 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=3768 I was thinking about people, men and women, yin and yang and all that. I’m pretty deep into the documentary at this point and the impossibility of pigeon-holing people with labels, etc… Take Samantha Ryan, for instance, she doesn’t fit the “porn star” mold. Not the “porn star” stereotype that a person would like to […]

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